DOI: 10.7241/ourd.20123.51.1
Our Dermatol Online. 2012; 3(3): 224-225
Date of submission: 10.04.2012 / acceptance: 16.04.2012
Conflicts of interest: None
 
THE SELECTION OF THE TYPES OF SHOES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SKIN OF THE FEET
by

Khalid Al Aboud

COMMENT:

Piotr Brzezinski, MD PhD


 
The author of the article raises the problem of impact of shoes on feet (skin of feet). Healthy feet are a very important factor in maintaining food physical condition. Well-fitted shoes are a matter of great importance for soldier’s fitness and his availability [1]. Because of their static and motion functions, feet have impact on good physical and mental state as well as energetic attitude to life which have a specific/special meaning when the conditions of soldier’s life during war as well as at the time of peace are to be considered, because they influence the readiness for battle of the military men. Skin diseases among soldiers have always been considered as a very important problem demanding effective prophylactics. Detailed health recommendations for soldiers were presented in 1777 in the thesis of Benjamin Rush MD “Doctor Benjamin Rush health recommendations for soldiers”[2]. Skin changes on feet, apart from causing subjective affliction, in which pain is a main factor, are accompanied by objective changes. They appear in the form of inflammatory reactions of different levels of intensification and in consequence, they lead to decrease of the level of soldier’s physical condition/fitness. In

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