What should I do if my heel is cracked badly?

The severity of cracked heels is mainly related to environmental factors, personal constitution and pathological factors, etc. The treatment needs to be combined with the etiology of the disease, including life interventions, medication and so on. 1. Environmental factors: such as dry air in the fall and winter, heel long-term exposure is likely to cause local skin dehydration, thus causing symptoms such as dry cracking and peeling. You can use warm water to soak your feet every day, and use topical urea ointment to nourish the skin of your feet, and play the role of moisturizing treatment. 2. Personal constitution: some people have dry skin, which may cause dry or even cracked heels, and need to pay attention to foot moisturizing work. 3. Pathological factors (1) Keratosis pilaris: mainly caused by fungal infections, can be used externally in urea ointment, at the same time the use of antifungal drugs such as miconazole ointment, terbinafine hydrochloride ointment, etc. for treatment. (2) Cracked eczema: mainly due to allergic reaction caused by cracked heels. Local topical glucocorticoid ointment such as mometasone furoate ointment can be used, together with salicylic acid ointment for treatment. All of the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, the symptoms of cracked heels should be timely consultation, to identify the cause of the active treatment, so as not to delay the condition.