Heels are always cracked, what causes them?

The feet, also known as the second heart, bear the weight of the whole body. Although it is far from the heart, there are many important acupuncture points and visceral reflex areas in the feet. By looking at our feet, we can get a general idea of our health.

Spring in the north is drier, and some people's heels are easily dry, peeling, or cracked, and even their heels hurt or bleed when they walk. What's going on?

Why do heels crack so often?

1.Lack of vitamins in the body.

If there is a lack of vitamin A in the body, it will not be nourished by enough blood and oxygen, and the water will not be able to lock in, which will lead to dryness and dehydration, and even cracking of the heel due to excessive dryness.

2.Shoes and socks that are not suitable for wearing.

If you want to wear inferior shoes and socks for a period of time, or wear inappropriate shoes and socks, you will keep rubbing against the feet and causing cracking.

3.Water is insufficient.

Dehydration is a major cause of chapped feet because there are few sweat glands around the heels. If it is dry, it will crack due to lack of elasticity, especially in the dry spring, the secretion of the sebaceous glands will continue to decrease, leading to cracking of the feet.

4.Dried. Heel cracking** is closely related to air drying. There are very few water molecules suspended in the air, which will affect sebum secretion, make the patient very dry, and even cause cracking, and also affect blood circulation.

5.Cortical cell aging.

Generally, middle-aged and elderly people will have heel cracking, because the ** tissue on the surface wears for a long time, which will cause decay and replacement. The metabolism of middle-aged and elderly people is slow, and the speed of new cells cannot keep up with the speed of dead epithelial cells, resulting in foot splits.

6.Infected with a fungus.

Fungal infections of both feet can cause cleft feet, medically known as athlete's foot. Athlete's foot is very contagious and can infect your hands when scratched with your hands. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to personal hygiene, change socks and shoes frequently, and use antifungal drugs according to the doctor's instructions if necessary.

What to do if the heel is cracked?

First, soak your feet.

Sticking to soaking your feet in warm water, just to keep them moist, can go a long way in preventing cracking in winter. Wipe dry immediately after soaking your feet, apply foot cleft cream or petroleum jelly with high oil content, keep ** moist, and prevent chapped and peeling feet.

Second, drugs. You can go to the hospital and buy some ointments for chapped heels.

Third, vitamin supplementation.

If a vitamin deficiency causes dry heels, vitamin supplementation can be appropriate. You can choose to eat vitamin tablets, or eat some fresh fruits and vegetables, which is conducive to replenishing the vitamins you need.

Fourth, pay attention to hygiene.

Maintain good personal hygiene, wear socks and shoes, and wash socks and feet frequently.

Fifth, drink plenty of water.

Drink more water, this is where the vitality of the human body lies, not to mention the cracking of the soles of the feet, which is also due to the lack of water in the feet. In short, under certain circumstances, drinking a lot of water in moderation can achieve the effect of hydration, which is also very effective for healthy body maintenance.

Sixth, massage. When sleeping, you can also use some essential oils with moisturizing effects, such as olive oil, which can also be applied to the feet to produce certain effects. Because the foot is cracked or because there is a lack of a lot of water, it is not wet.

It is best to massage, gently massaging during application for a more pronounced effect.

There will always be cracked heels, because of personal physique, everyone's physique is different, so some people will have cracked heels. Then there is a fungal infection in the foot, which leads to the heel always cracking and even oozing blood.

This is the ** too dry, so it will cause these problems, I think the daily body lotion still has to be applied, so that for the sake of our ** health, we can't be lazy.

**Relatively dry, mostly due to the weather, especially in the cold winter and hot summer, the weather is relatively dry, you can soak your feet properly and apply some body lotion.

Cracked heels can be caused by dry feet, fungal infections, keratinizing eczema, etc.

1. Dry feet: If the feet are often too dry, it may lead to the symptoms of cracking of the heel. Dry feet** can be caused by nutrient deficiencies, such as vitamin A, vitamin B, etc.

At this time, oral vitamin A, vitamin B and other drugs can be supplemented to alleviate the phenomenon of dry feet. Patients should also eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, such as apples, pears, oranges, etc.

2. Fungal infection: If you often wear breathable shoes, do not change socks or wash your feet frequently, it is easy to lead to fungal infection of the feet, and the heel is always cracked. Patients should practice good hygiene, wear breathable shoes, and wash socks frequently.

If necessary, antifungal drugs such as sertaconazole nitrate cream, naffen ketoconazole cream, etc. can be used.

3. Keratinizing eczema: Keratinizing eczema may also cause the patient's heel to crack all the time. Patients should undergo fungal, allergen, histopathological examination, etc., to confirm the diagnosis.

If it is caused by keratotic eczema, it needs to be carried out with drugs such as triamcinolone acetonide econazole cream and urea ointment**.

1. Because of fungal infection, the cells lack water.

2. Lack of vitamins in the body.

III. Concluding remarks.

Although everyone's feet will not be easily exposed, but if the heel is cracked, it will be very painful, and in severe cases, it will bleed pus, in case of a more serious infection, it is not very good for everyone's health, so you must pay attention to personal hygiene, if you have athlete's foot, you should also go to the hospital to check it and find the right way. Soak your feet before going to bed every day, control your diet, and don't eat heavy oil and spicy food.

Mainly because you walk a lot, plus your feet** also need to be maintained, you should often apply some milk to hydrate your feet.

It is most likely caused by epithelial cell necrosis, thickening of the stratum corneum, dry environment, less exercise, and not drinking water.

First of all, it is caused by your frequent walking, plus the feet** is also necessary to recuperate, you should often apply some milk to hydrate your feet.

This is because the feet are too dry, and secondly, because you don't pay attention to maintenance, and walking too much can have such an effect.

I think everyone will have such a situation in life, that is, whenever the weather is dry, the face will be tight, not only our face, but also the hands and feet will be in a state of dryness. When it is severe, our heels will be cracked, and if the cracks are severe, there will be bleeding and very painful, and most people will feel that as long as the weather is no longer dry, they will also get better. Don't dry out your feet and ignore the problem seriously.

But this is not right, because cognitive physics is likely to lead to bleeding in the foot, and the dry weather does have a certain reason, but it is not the whole reason, so let's talk about why the heel is dry and cracked.

The case of cracked heels is generally more common in middle-aged and elderly people. The reason why our heels are cracked is usually caused by the weather. Because of the change in the weather, the secretion of sebaceous glands in our body decreases.

Our ** will be prone to dryness, so the heels will be prone to dry and cracked. Another reason is that when our body is deficient in vitamin A or vitamin E, then the roots will dry out, so we should always pay attention to adequate vitamin intake in our daily life. For the elderly, their heels will be more cracked, because when the flow rate of qi and blood in the body decreases, the elasticity of the person will also decrease, so the cracking of the heel is more likely to appear, and the metabolic level in the body is declining, which will lead to cracking, and the heels of middle-aged and elderly friends are more likely to crack.

If the heel crack is severe, it will cause bleeding, and the wound will be abnormally painful, so how to improve the heel crack. You can eat more fruits that are rich in vitamin A and vitamin E. Dried fruits are high in vitamin E, such as peanuts, almonds, and walnuts.

Therefore, whenever the dry season comes, eat more dried fruits. Vitamin A fruits are pears, apples, apricots, watermelons. Remember to eat plenty of fruits, drink plenty of water, and keep your body moist.

You can also rub some emollient oil on your heels to make your heels moist, so that you can avoid dryness to a great extent.

It may be that the weather is particularly dry, or it may be that the quality of life is not particularly good, so it will be dry and cracked, you can buy some Vaseline moisturizer.

Because our body is relatively dry, we don't give ** hydration, and our body lacks water, so this is the case.

Especially in the spring and autumn seasons, we will often have cracked heels, many people don't know what causes it, so it's not too late to know how to do it, so I'll tell you what causes cracked heels.

1.First, the chapped heel may be caused by the lack of moisture.

2.Second, cracked heels may be due to the decrease in the regeneration ability of the epidermis of the feet, the decrease in the number of sweat glands that can move on the surface, the decrease in the secretion of sebaceous glands and the loss of water, and the thickening of the stratum corneum often occurs, so the heel is cracked.

3.Third, chapped heels can be caused by a lack of vitamins in the body. No matter what the cause of cracked heels, it should be treated both internally and externally to treat both the symptoms and the root cause.

Precautions. If the heel is cracked, we must pay attention to the usual replenishment of water, vitamins, and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits.

What causes chapped heels

1.Kidney Qi insufficiency.

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, this place, the place of the heel, is related to the kidney meridian. Regardless of whether women have ** inflammation, they may also have pain in their heels. If there is a dry crack in this place, accompanied by bursts of pain and itching, it may be that our body is sending out a reminder of the lack of kidney qi.

This leads to blockages in the meridians, causing us to lose nourishment and dry out.

2.There may be a deficiency of vitamin A. Vitamin A, vitamin B, and vitamin E are all important factors in maintaining the regeneration of body cells, so that when our body is deficient in vitamin A, the elasticity of ** will decrease.

In addition, the heel belongs to the nerve endings, and the weather is dry, and there may be dry cracking and bleeding.

3.Lack of water during the change of seasons.

When the seasons change, the moisture in the air decreases, and the long-term exposure to dry air causes dryness and peeling. And there are no pores in the heels, which aggravates the dryness of the heels, 4May be a complication of diabetes.

Due to the poor metabolism of diabetic patients, it will affect the heel part of the nerve endings, which will further hinder the circulation of hemophilia.