It’s so sleepy when the feet are damp and the shoes are smelly! 7 Handling Guidelines to Prevent Foot Infections

Health 9:26am, 27 August 2025 89

The turbulent weather and endless rain not only make people feel very upset, but the most troublesome thing is that shoes are wet, which is even more miserable for commuting office workers and students. Their feet are kept in the wet shoes all day, and the taste is very embarrassing.

The causes of foot odor, said the skin doctor Zhao Zhaoming, which is 1. Foot dampness + closed shoe style, 2. Shoe material, 3. Inflammation: such as bacteria, bacterial infection, etc., 4. Chronic diseases: such as diabetic patients with phatitis.

  Among them, "foot moist + closed shoes" is the most common. Because the sweat glands are distributed and developed in the limbs, strange smells will appear when sweat contacts the air, environment, or is infected by bacteria.

Secondly, the material of shoes is also very important. Shoes made of cow, sheepskin or synthetic leather are more air-resistant and tend to smell when they are in the stomach. They need to wear sweat-absorbing cotton to improve them. Especially synthetic leather shoes are more likely to contain some chemical substances due to glue or paint. In addition to causing contact dermatitis, once you encounter sweat and mix the two, there may be a leather chemical smell.

Although many people often wear cloth and sneakers, they can absorb sweat, they are also prone to become damp. They must be dry after use, which is better than plug paper or use dampening products. It is also best to prepare two to three double shoes to wear alternately.

Often people often mistakenly think that it is the odor caused by Hong Kong feet, but it is not the case. Zhao Zhaoming said that Hong Kong feet will smell, but they may not necessarily smell. Hong Kong foot is caused by bacterial infection, causing horn hyperplasia, thickening of the foot skin, and eczema and blisters appearing in the toes. It will smell mainly due to the secretion of sweat from the foot, which leads to odor. If not properly treated, severe symptoms may cause horticular corpusitis.

As for many "secret recipes for removing feet" that are spread online, Zhao Zhaoming said that if you just want to deodorize by "soaking", even if it is feasible, the effect will be very short and it may not work the next morning after soaking. Not only will it not have any germic effect at all, but if there is a wound on the feet, you should also be careful to cause infection.

1. Wipe the foot with alcohol before going to bed: Alcohol has a disinfection effect and is a feasible way, but alcohol with a concentration of 75% must be used. Because it will cause trouble, it is useless every day.

2. Boil tea leaves in water to soak the foot: Although tea leaves have a deodorizing effect, they can only help cleanse the feet, and the effect is limited.

3. Soak the foot with coarse salt in water: the salt bar can be disinfected, but it must be wiped dry after soaking the foot.

4. Cut the sap into thin slices and add water to boil and wash the feet: Chinese medicine believes that sap into the sap can "removal of heat", but the effect of deodorization for foot washing should be limited.

5. Strip sand on the sea to absorb heat: Most of the main visual feeling, but the top has only a short and dull effect.

6. Alternating foot foam with cold and heat: only the cleaning effect is effective, and the lesions cannot be removed.

7. Boric acid, white vinegar, etc. are dissolved in the blistered feet: it is not recommended, it may irritate the skin.

In addition, if a person has a odor, the squids worn on the squid must be very smelly. You can use weakly squid powder to neutralize the squid and sour squids to create a deodorizing effect.