What causes foot odor?

Speaking of smelly feet, I believe many friends should be familiar with it, because many people actually have smelly feet in their daily lives. Moreover, foot odor can occur in many situations, and this foot odor disease generally does not distinguish between men, women, young and old, which shows that the incidence of foot odor is very high. Therefore, for most people, they don’t want to have smelly feet. So, what causes foot odor?

I believe many people want to know the above question, because the answer to this question often affects everyone’s normal life and physical health. However, if you don’t understand the specific causes of foot odor, it will be detrimental to the treatment of foot odor. So, let’s take a closer look at the problem of how foot odor is caused.

Foot odor is an embarrassing problem encountered by many people. Not only that, foot odor also has a bad effect on the health of the feet. Foot odor is caused by the sweat glands in the soles of the feet, which are prone to sweating. Under the condition of excessive sweating, the bacteria on the feet multiply and decompose keratin, coupled with the urea and lactic acid in the sweat, which will emit a bad smell.

Why do feet smell? There are mainly the following reasons for foot odor:

First, your feet sweat too much. Foot odor caused by this condition is more common in teenagers. It may be due to unstable autonomic nervous function, such as emotional tension causing excessive excitement of the sympathetic nerves, or exercise, which can cause excessive sweating of the feet.

Also, certain diseases of the feet, such as skin diseases such as tinea pedis between the toes. In addition, if you often wear rubber shoes, nylon socks and other shoes and socks with poor breathability, it is also easy to induce foot odor.

Furthermore, if you do not pay attention to the cleanliness of your feet, the temperature of the foot skin and sweat will form humidity and dandruff, which will constitute suitable conditions for the growth, reproduction and decay of microorganisms (especially anaerobic bacteria) on the surface of the foot skin. In addition, the decomposition of organic matter such as uric acid and lactic acid in sweat will result in bad odor.

If you still don't pay attention to the cleanliness of your feet at this time, it will only contribute to the bad smell. Many people mistakenly believe that foot odor and athlete's foot are different names for the same disease. In fact, this understanding is wrong. There are obvious differences between foot odor and athlete's foot:

Athlete's foot is a common skin disease caused by fungal infection (also known as toxins). Foot basins and foot towels should be used separately to avoid infecting others. If tinea pedis is not treated in time, it can sometimes be transmitted to other parts of the body, such as causing tinea manuum and onychomycosis. Sometimes, due to scratching due to the itching, 1/2 of the cases will develop secondary bacterial infection, which can cause serious complications. Therefore, whether it is foot odor or athlete's foot, once discovered, active treatment measures must be taken. Treatment for foot odor:

① Wash your feet with hot water and alum to treat foot odor: When washing your feet with hot water every night, put 50 grams of alum in the basin, which is effective in eliminating foot sweat odor.

② Apply doxycycline to treat foot odor: Grind doxycycline into fine powder and apply it between the toes. Use 1 to 2 tablets each time. This will eliminate the odor within half a month.

③ Washing feet with formalin to treat foot odor: Gently rub the soles of your feet with 10% formalin solution, being careful not to break the skin. Use it for several days to treat foot odor.

④ Washing feet with rice vinegar to treat foot odor: Take 10-15 ml of rice vinegar, add appropriate amount of warm water and mix well, soak or wash your feet once a night for about 15 minutes, which can treat foot odor.

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If you want to completely cure foot odor, the key point is: you should pay attention to the breathability of shoes and socks to allow the skin of your feet to breathe, especially in summer, when it is easy to sweat on your feet due to the hot weather. If the breathability of shoes and socks is not good, it will cause foot odor problems.

Therefore, through the detailed introduction in the above article, I believe most people now understand the specific causes of foot odor. In fact, there are many common causes of foot odor, the most common ones are: excessive sweating of the feet, some foot diseases and unhygienic feet, etc. Therefore, knowing the specific causes of foot odor will have a certain promoting effect on our future life.