Smelly Feet - A Pitted Keratolysis Condition

Pitted Keratolysis (smelly feet) is not a very nice condition to have. It is a skin disorder that affects the pressure bearing areas on the soles and heels of your feet, you can also get in on the palms of your hands. It is due to a bacterial infection. Pitted Keratolysis has had many name changes over the years, but this name has stuck because the condition does look pitted. Pitted keratolysis occurs worldwide in all types of climates. Smelly feet affects men and women of all ages. It is more common in men, athletes and military people who tend to develop the condition more because their unventilated footwear, which can cause sweaty, smelly feet. Pitted Keratolysis may also occur among men and women, wearing unventilated shoes, during periods of hot, humid weather.Pitted keratolysis can cause excessive foot odour- really stinky feet. You can get sliminess, some soreness and itching on the soles of your feet. It can become quite painful when the lesions are present. The pit like lesions look like white patches of studded pitted areas, that can join together to make a larger crater looking lesion.

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