What to do if your toes peel and crack

Peeling and cracking of toes is medically known as foot cracks, which are closely related to skin diseases, infections, age, etc. Peeling and cracking of toes can cause obvious pain, and some movements can enlarge the cracks and increase the pain. This pain is often unbearable, and the solution is something that many people are concerned about. So, what should you do if your toes are peeling and cracking? Let’s take a look below.

Causes

Physiological aging

The metabolism of the elderly is slow, with more dead cells and fewer new cells, poor skin elasticity, and prone to foot cracks.

Metabolic disorders

Some women experience metabolic disorders after giving birth, which can lead to cracked feet.

Skin disorders

Hereditary keratinization disorders (such as ichthyosis) and abnormal keratin metabolism diseases (such as chronic eczema) cause cracked feet.

Symptoms of athlete's foot

Symptoms of athlete's foot

Fungal infections

Erosive athlete's foot often causes cracking of the eroded surface after peeling between the toes. This is wet athlete's foot and can be treated with topical antifungal drugs. This article discusses common cracked feet caused by dry skin. Keratotic athlete's foot belongs to dry athlete's foot, and the symptoms are cracks at the base and edges of the feet.

Nutritional factors

Lack of vitamin A and vitamin E can cause cracked feet.

Weather reasons

In cold weather, blood circulation is poor and skin elasticity is reduced, which can easily cause cracked feet.

Treatment

You can directly apply almond skin butter to target the cause of cracked feet and relieve them.

Traditional treatments for cracked feet include applying adhesive plasters; covering with plastic bags or plastic wrap; applying erythromycin ointment, vaseline ointment, etc. The first thing to do when it comes to cracked feet is to determine whether they are infected with fungi. Traditional methods are ineffective for keratotic athlete's foot. Keratotic athlete's foot is often accompanied by other athlete's foot symptoms such as itchy feet, blisters, and peeling before foot cracks occur. The fungus test was positive. If you are unsure, you can apply a drug that has both skin repair and antifungal functions.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chapped skin is caused by the sudden suppression of muscle heat by cold and dry wind, which leads to blood circulation blockage and lack of nourishment to the skin. It is also related to frequent friction, pressure and immersion. It is advisable to use equal parts of Rehmannia glutinosa and alum to boil a decoction and soak the affected area. Pay attention to the warmth and care of the skin of your hands and feet.

Traditional Chinese medicine treats chapped hands and feet and pain in the hands and feet by focusing on nourishing the blood, moisturizing the skin, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, with significant results.

Treatment remedies

Mustard for cracked feet

For many years, my feet have cracked every winter, spring and autumn. The heels are the most severe due to dryness and cracking. They bleed and sometimes even my toes crack as well. Applying glycerin, cooling oil, etc. didn't work, and applying ointment on the crack didn't have much effect. Later, I accidentally applied mustard, and it was basically healed in two days. The method is: wash your feet with warm water at about 40C, soak for about 10 minutes, and then dry; mix mustard with warm water to make a paste, not too thin, and apply it to the affected area with your hands; put on socks to keep it clean; wash your feet with warm water again the next day, and apply it again, and it will be healed after 2 to 3 times.

Vinegar cured my cracked hands and feet that had lasted for years

In the past few years, every time before winter, my hands and feet would crack and the pain would be unbearable. I went to the hospital for treatment many times but to no avail. One year when I returned to my hometown, my mother said: Buy a pound of vinegar, put it in an iron pot to boil, five minutes after the water boils, pour the vinegar into a basin, wait until it is warm, then soak your hands and feet in the vinegar for 10 minutes, soak two or three times a day, and one course of treatment is 7 days. Sure enough, after two courses of treatment, my disease was completely cured and I haven't had a crack for more than 10 years.

Noodles can cure cracked feet

There was a strong wind a few days ago, and my heels were cracked and had several deep lines. It was very painful, even when I slept. A friend told me that rubbing flour dough on my heels can cure dry and cracked heels, so I tried it that night. I rubbed the dough on my heels and then spread a thin layer of the dough on my heels. I wrapped it with plastic wrap and put on socks. Sure enough, I didn't feel any pain all night or during the day.

Treatment of cracked feet

My heels used to be cracked and painful. My sister asked me to soak my feet in hot water, and then use a blade sterilized with alcohol to scrape off the hard and dry skin on my heels layer by layer until the soft skin was exposed. I then wrapped the heels with Vaseline gauze and secured it with a bandage. Change the oil gauze twice every 3 days, and it will be completely cured after a week. I used to be a nurse at the 301 Hospital, and I also used this method to relieve the pain of patients with cracked feet.