Thick and hard skin on the soles of the feet may be callus, metatarsal warts, scaly keratosis pilaris and so on.
1. callus: callus can also be called callus, due to the patient’s foot skin is repeatedly squeezed, friction, wear shoes inappropriate, resulting in a significant thickening of the local stratum corneum, hardening. For the body’s protective reaction, generally no obvious discomfort, thickening obvious, walking affected. It mainly occurs in the forefoot and other areas of friction.
2. metatarsal warts: metatarsal warts are caused by human papillomavirus infection, belonging to the more common clinical benign superfluous organisms. As they occur on the soles of the feet, they may have a localized thickening and hardening of the stratum corneum, typically with a cauliflower-like appearance.
3. scaly keratinized tinea pedis: caused by red trichophyton, tinea pedis and other dermatophyte infections, can appear on the soles of the feet skin hardening, thickening, drying, accompanied by keratinized scaly skin, peeling increased, dry cracking and other symptoms.
Normally, you can eat more food containing vitamin A, such as pig liver, etc., eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, and reduce contact with water to avoid aggravation of symptoms. Thick and hard skin on the soles of the feet is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, after clarifying the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor’s treatment.