Chiropody It is known as the set of “manuals Techniques treating ailments and diseases affecting the feet”.
Plantar warts (verrucae plantar) are benign skin lesions usually occur in areas of pressure areas. They are whitish in colour and usually have a rough appearance.
It is a very painful process in which the nail grows into the flesh of the edge of the nail, causing pain, inflammation and sometimes infection of the nail folds. It occurs most often at the big toe and can affect one or both toes.
Onychomycosis is referred to a nail infection caused by a fungus. Onychomycosis is not only a cosmetic problem, but is affecting as well the health and the quality of life of patients.
Orthonyxia is a technique that involves the application of a device designed to correct the pathological curvature of the nail.
It is performed in the clinic by applying a gel based on photopolymerizable resins to the affected toe, which, due to the lever effect and other traction forces, act to correct the external nail plate and, above all, the matrix.
La onicomadesis es la rotura total ó parcial de la uña por diferentes causas:
Mechanical: Stepping on, wearing narrow and short-toed shoes, impacts, long-distance running, etc.
Infections: Paronychia, caused by staphylococci or fungi.
Systemic diseases: Systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, etc.
Medication intake: Antibiotics, cytotoxics used in cancer treatment.
Nail reconstruction is the placement of some type of nail substitute with the aim of avoiding the formation of adhesions in the unprotected area where there was previously a nail and serving as a guide for the growth of the new nail.
The reconstruction is done using a Clotrimazole gel. Clotrimazole is an antifungal drug that prevents a fungal infection on the growing nail.
Under the term of Dermatomycosis are all fungal infection of the skin summarized.
There are a number of signs and symptoms, easy observable, that make us suspect of the presence of fungal infection in the foot:
- Bad smell
- Burning or intense itching
- Small blisters, cracks or peeling skin between the toes, most often in the space between 4th and 5th toe
- Sole desquamation, entire or in the medial arch area
If your child has any of the following symptoms, visit our clinic:
- It often complains about pain in the heels, knees or legs
- It often falls
- It diverts one or both feet when walking
- It walks with the feet inward
- It walks on the toes or ball of the foot
- It complains of itching or burning sensation in the feet, toes and nails
- He complains of itching or stinging in his feet, fingers or nails
- It presents some alteration in the toes placement