Children and adolescents experience a variety of foot and ankle problems. From sports injuries to growth problems and ingrown toenails, kids foot problems are common. Here is an overview on some common kids foot problems and solutions to make sure your children's feet stay healthy. As with any injury, don't let your children live with foot pain. Talk to your podiatrist and teach kids early on that foot and ankle problems-or pain of any kind-should be treated and prevented.
Like the rest of other body parts, the nails are subjected to many forms of disorders that have a considerable impact on our self-esteem as the nails are strategically situated where anybody can have a vantage point of seeing it. Nail problems can be caused by a number of factors such as bacteria, virus, fungus, traumatic injuries, age, as a complication of more serious diseases such as diabetes mellitus, buerger's disease, work-related, ill-fitting shoes, and among others that when left untreated will have a significant impact towards a person's body image and thought process.
Once a nail has become infected, it generally cannot be removed except through treatment. It will not simply go away on its own nor can you scrape or cut it away. At the onset of the infection, nails may look pale and yellowish but they can become darker in color as the infection progresses and begins killing the keratin and soft tissue. While the fungus only infects the nail in the beginning, it will eventually damage the skin, causing a more severe infection accompanied by inflammation, tenderness and soreness.
The eggs of the digestive tract parasitic organisms reach your nail bed while you engage in your day to day routines. You are permitting these eggs to reach your intestines via your saliva, since you gnaw upon your nails and subjecting yourself to infestations with round worms, pinworms, tapeworms or helminthes. These types of intestinal infections may result in quite acute problems like formation of huge cysts in the brain, liver, eyes etc and can become life threatening too.
These remedies for strengthening fingernails can help if they are used in addition to a well-balanced diet:
Soak your fingers for ten minutes each day in one of these oils: warm olive oil, warm sesame-seed oil, warm wheat germ oil. As you wipe off the oil, give your nails a massage from top to bottom.
It may take a little time for your cat to realize that he is supposed to scratch this post, especially if he has been disciplined for scratching other inappropriate furniture and walls. You can help the process along by watching your cat and when he goes to scratch your funiture or walls then place him in front of his new scratching post. Praise him and give encouragement. Remember Rome wasn't built in a day, it may take awhile for your cat to adjust to his new post.
If all these methods fail, there are products which will cover the tips of your cat's claws. These are sold everywhere for varying prices and come in a lot of pretty colors. The downside to these products is kitty may not want them on. Also these products are made to fall off as your cat's claws grow, so be prepared to replace them about every six weeks.
