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Fungal Infections
The fungal infection, commonly known as Athlete's Foot, can cause itchy, blistered, swollen and red skin. The warm, dark and sweaty environment of feet cramped in boots, shoes or trainers can provide the ideal ground for fungus to grow. Letting feet breathe and thoroughly washing and drying them are preventative measures. You can also ask your pharmacist for an anti-fungal treatment such as Lamisil Once (pounds 9.78) a single dose treatment which helps prevent infection for up to three months.

Foot Facts

• During a lifetime it is estimated that the average person has taken enough steps to walk around the world more than four times, which is approximately 115,000 miles.
• Women walk, on average, more than three miles further than men every day.
• Your feet contain 52 bones, which is around 25 percent of all the bones found in the human body.
• The feet contain around 250,000 sweat glands that excrete as much as half a pint of moisture every day.
• Shopping for shoes is best done in the afternoon when your feet have swollen a little.
• Then you can be sure your new shoes will fit your feet at all times.
• Around 87 percent of women find unattractive feet a real turn off and more than 50 percent factor feet into how attractive they find someone.
• Only 25 percent of men spend any time and money on any kind of foot care at all.