PODIATRIST DISCUSSES HOME REMEDIES FOR SWEATY OR ITCHY FEET

It’s not just the stench; sweaty feet can also cause cracked heels, lizard-like skin, and even fungal infections. Each of your feet has about 250,000 sweat glands, which can churn out half a pint of sweat every day. To minimize the amount of perspiration that reaches the surface, mist your feet with an antiperspirant/deodorant spray every morning and night, says Wenjay Sung, DPM, a podiatrist and foot-and-ankle surgeon in California; the metals in antiperspirant will block your sweat ducts.

 

Dr. Wenjay Sung

 

Itchy feet? Try a vinegar bath. Once an infection develops, Dr. Sung swears by a foot bath of malt or white vinegar. It won’t cure the infection, but will soothe the irritating itch, he says.

 

Source: Alyssa Jung, The Healthy 

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News