Take a sterilized needle to carefully remove the skin over the splinter and then remove the glass sliver with a sterilized pair of tweezers. Make sure to sterilize the needle and tweezers by soaking them in rubbing alcohol for 5 to 10 minutes. Clean the area with antibacterial soap and water after removing the splinter. Please see your doctor if there is significant swelling, pus, or if the glass sliver is deeply embedded.
]]> http://www.footpaincure.com/how-to-remove-splinters-or-slivers-of-glass-from-foot-feet/feed 0 http://www.footpaincure.com/what-is-dvt-deep-vein-thrombosis-cures-and-relief http://www.footpaincure.com/what-is-dvt-deep-vein-thrombosis-cures-and-relief#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:04:02 +0000 Happy http://www.footpaincure.com/what-is-dvt-deep-vein-thrombosis-cures-and-relief

DVT – Deep Vein Thrombosis is a blood clot occurring in the legs caused by the slow-down in circulation. Mostly associated with passengers on long air flights, the condition is caused when people sit still for hours at a time. Sometimes compressional bandages work by applying a pressure to the leg, particularly around the ankle. This pressure encourages blood to flow from the veins at the surface of the skin to the veins in the core of the leg, speeding its movement and reducing the chances of it stagnating anywhere. This, in turn, reduces the chances of blood clots developing.

Research has revealed that wearing flight socks can reduce by 90% the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis, DVT, a potentially fatal condition that affects thousands of people every year.

In a review of research published today, scientists said that the socks, which gently compress the leg from the knee down, encourage blood to flow properly in the legs and prevent it from clotting.

“Airline passengers similar to those in the trials in this review can expect a substantial reduction in their risk of a symptom less DVT if they wear compression stockings,” wrote the scientists in the Cochrane Library journal. “Wearing stockings might reduce the incidence of this outcome from a few tens per thousand passengers, to two or three per thousand.

Remember when your parents warned you about something sounding too good to be true? This warning may apply when it comes to foot detox pads. Detox foot pads are the latest health craze. Manufacturers claim that when applied to your feet at night, these pads will draw the toxins out of body while you sleep. In the morning the pads will usually be discolored, supposedly a sign they have worked properly. While these pads may have some detoxifying action – on the soles of your feet at least – be wary of the product. It most likly does not give you as good a detox as you think.

To begin with, think seriously about the way the product promises to work. Backers say the product will draw all toxins, even heavy metal deposits, out through your skin. Even though the skin does allow some nutrients and other substances to pass back and forth through the pores it’s hard to fathom anything as dense as heavy metal particles could be drawn through the skin. In most modern medicine it is thought that the only way these toxins can be cleared from your body is by taking an internal chelator that will cling to the metal partials and allow them to be flushed out of the body.

Manufacturers claim these foot detox pads are formulated using ancient Japanese and Asian cultural medicine. The detox foot pads usually contain a combination of ingredients including Tourmaline, a stone or mineral that emits negative ions; bamboo vinegar, to help aid the body in releasing waste products through the skin; and wood vinegar, popular for its drawing actions. The foot pads supposedly work on the basis of reflexology. Reflexology holds to the belief that there are zones in the feet that correspond to each organ system in the body. It indicates the wastes from these organ systems will accumulate in the feet where they can be drawn out through the skin by the detox foot pads.

The color change that most people believe is an indication that the foot detox pads are working could just be from the the wood vinegar. Vinegar is generally dried and ground before being mixed in with the other ingredients that goes into the patch. As dried vinegar comes back in contact with water, through your moist feet, it returns to its liquid version which is a dark colored liquid. Sweat from your feet mixed with the herbs in the patch probably accounts for the bad odor that comes from the pad after it is taken off.

Do detox foot pads work? People say they have seen a difference when using them, but if you want to clear internal waste through the pores of your skin you may want to try a steam bath or sauna. As a way of ridding yourself of solid waste that can’t be passed through your skins pores the most productive way is a very complete diet that can cleanse your body in just a few days.

If you really want to clean out your body for and get serious internal cleansing you’re going to need more than detox foot pads because at very best you might be able to extract a tiny amount of waste.

Corns and calluses are normally caused by friction and pressure, mostly from tight or bad fitting shoes. A misshapened foot such as one with hammer toe is often responsible for the development of corns. Calluses frequently form under the ball of the foot because of poor foot positioning and bad weight distribution. Symptoms can include a localized burning sensation or intense pain in a specific area. Underlying tissues can become inflamed and infected if not treated properly.

Help usually comes by removal through scraping with a scalpel. After this has been done padding of various sorts may be used to relieve friction. Moleskin and felt pads can be used to remove pressure from the healing area. Padded insoles and orthotics can help relieve pressure.