Depending on the place and appearance of the skin lesion - we are talking about calluses and corn. Calluses are formed on the hands and soles; corns on the toes of the feet and on the contact surfaces of the fingers.
Why do the calluses arise?
They arise under constant pressure or friction. Most often we feel their painful presence over the protruding joints of the toes, but also between the toes, the soles, hands, everywhere where the skin is sometimes horny. Together, we call them the popular term - prints.
Callus
Callus is an outbreak of increased keratosis. calluses are fairly large, plaque growths of thickened skin - relatively soft, yellowish with indistinct borders. They usually occur on the sole of the foot, under one of the heads of the metatarsus. They arise in response to uneven foot load, overloading, etc. Constantly kneaded skin is not well supplied with blood and dies, creating a growth of the "island" - calluses. Although they can also be placed at the base of the fingers, as a result of wearing hard and too tight shoes. And what is most important and sad - there are very painful calluses!
Difficult to bake burning feet
In particular, a large bandage can cause discomfort. A typical symptom is the burning pain at the so-called "Deep affliction." Strongly kneaded skin is not supplied with blood and dies. If we do not change shoes, inflammation will develop underneath the calluses, and each step will resemble a walk on hot coals.
Removing calluses
Elimination of calluses consists in their regular abrasion or cutting. Get rid of call can only with the help of a specialist. It is dangerous to cut them with a knife, because every cut in the skin in this irritable place can end with infection, and besides it brings only temporary relief. However, we can help by buying and sticking a special patch on the imprints in place of the growths. After a few days, peel off the patch, and the imprint after washing is rubbed with a special file.
Treatment and prophylaxis
Effective treatment is based, among others on a serious orthopedic surgery, which is the elevation of the foot arch. There is already a task for an orthopedy specialist. More often, however, the specialist in foot diseases does not offer surgery, but he chooses appropriate insoles for shoes, which correct the defect of the foot structure. This allows an even weight distribution and can protect well against calluses recurrence. A considerable relief is also given by the so-called mid-ray pelottes - soft gel or sponge pads that can be bought at the pharmacy ..
Corns
Corns
Corns are caused by the pressure of footwear, too rapid skin keratosis or foot defects. The stratum corneum, which can not separate, causes grainy lumps or a hard core penetrating the skin. Corns cause unpleasant pain.
How corn is built
Corns represent protruding skin horns in the shape of a cone. After scratching, a small, bullet-sized head is visible. This dark point in the middle of the print is the end of the so-called a root that grows into the depths of the finger and sticks to the body like a sharp nail at every step. Corns can thus hurt spontaneously or under the influence of oppression.
Where are they created?
Corns usually arise on the toes or soles of the feet, i.e. in places where there is the greatest pressure of footwear. They are sometimes confused with common warts, because the symptoms of these diseases are very similar. However, the wart can be distinguished from corn by the fact that the wart does not have a clear central core and bleeds after the incision.
Removing corns
We remove small corpses ourselves.The prints that are between the last toes, it is good to separate from the healthy skin by wearing a special rubber wedge. It's best to start the elimination with anim corn will grow. For this purpose, special patches, creams, ointments or gels for imprints are used. They soften the skin so effectively that after soaking the legs it is easy to remove the imprint along with the root.
Slices for imprints
The easiest way is to apply chemical softening of corns to the imprints and then mechanical removal of corns. For this purpose, the place of calluses is glued to the prints. (Creams, gels and ointments are also suitable for chemical softening). After a few days, peel off the patch and tear off the imprint or cut with a foot file. But be careful! Corns removed removed inaccurately.
Surgery
Big and deep corpses should, however, remove the surgeon. These corns are cut out with a special, hollow drill bit. The root is the hardest to remove. The treatment does not require anesthesia, it leaves a small wound, which should be covered with a plaster with a dressing. Professionally, surgeons or pedicurians deal with it.
Fighting with corn recurrences
In preventing the recurrence of corns, the most important thing is wearing comfortable footwear, not compressing the feet, soft, well-fitting, so that the legs do not move while walking. People with a particular tendency to the formation of corns are recommended to wear prophylactic cushions, discs, inserts, etc. Once formed corn is, however, like a wańka-wstańka - after some time stubbornly formed again in the same place, Why? First of all, it is not easy to get rid of elegant but uncomfortable shoes, let alone talk about a defect in foot construction. However, the secret of relapses can be caused by, for example, subcutaneous bone inequalities. In this case, if the defects of the foot construction cause permanent recurrences of troublesome corns should go to the doctor. Also people with cardiovascular disorders and those with diabetes should not remove corns and calluses - they should always be done by a surgeon or a trusted pedicurist.
