Owwww!!! my poor barefoot!

Funny, I just told my mom the exact same thing I am about to tell you but I just said, "There's something on my foot! It looks like a wart or a burn!" and she says to me, "Were you smoking in the tent last night?" referring to pot. oh mother, I love you.

Anyways, I went barefooting, once again, (like usual.) And I'm worried because there's something on the side of my left foot. It hurts and I want it to go away. It looks like a wart or a small burn.

Has this happened to anyone else? What is it?

 

it might be a planters wart. I think im getting one to. You have to get it cut out : (

 

OUCH! :& i relaly hope not! how much does it cost?

 

Did your mother look at said foot? You should ask her if she did'nt, moms always know that kind of stuff. It could be a blister, a wart, some kind of skin burrowing creature(I don't know what the hell I'm talking about). Ask your mom, she'll know.

 

Uh, that would be "plantar's" wart, not "planter's." (for "plantar fascia," the tendon that runs along the arche on the bottom of the foot)

There are all kinds of cures for such a wart -- if indeed it is what you have. I thought they occurred more on the sole than on the side of the foot, though. The cures range from surgery to using chemicals to freeze the wart or even acids to burn it off. (My sister had to do the last thing way back in like junior high school. The stuff smelled harsh like vinegar.)

The wart is caused by a virus, so even without treatment, which often has to be done repeatedly until the wart is gone, your body may get rid of the virus/wart in time. Reportedly, though, this could take several years.

I recommend that if it is not gone or improving in a few weeks, see a dermatologist or podiatrist.

Blue skies,
-Jeffrey

 

If I'm not mistaken, everyone comes in contact with the virii, but some people have an immune deficiency that stops their white blood cells from attacking the virus? So would'nt she never really be able to get rid of the wart, as long as the virus is around?

 

i allways thought your body couldent do much aganist virial infections but kicks bactaerias ass


Thigns like mono Herpease(sp) you pretty much have for life though synmptoms may come and go

 

Your body can fight both bacteria and viruses. How well it can do it depends on a lot of factors. One is the strength of your immune system, one is the strength of the pathogen, and one is the amount of it that has gotten into your system. There are many others.

There are viruses that your body won't win against. HIV is one. Herpes is said to be another, although when a herpes outbreak occurs, the reason it goes away is because your body does fight it. The problem is that it retreats to the nerve cells where the immune system can't reach it to fight. Some people get a herpes infection and it never really bothers them or flares up. HIV can be attacked, but mutates so much that the antibodies that your body makes can't keep up with the latest versions of the virus.

I had a campylobacter infection when I was in college. It is a form of food poisoning, and I likely got it from chicken wings that were handled, after cooking, with the same utensils that were used when they were raw (prior to the bacteria being killed by cooking). That was a bacterial infection that my body had trouble fighting, even though it was bacteria. I was pretty scared -- for about a week or two I was essentially shitting blood. I needed antibiotics to help my body fight the infection, and when I got the pills, within two days I was better.

The common cold is a virus! (There are lots of different ones, all with the "common cold" symptoms.) If human immune systems couldn't work against viruses, we'd all die of the cold!

Blue skies,
-Jeffrey

 

thanks jeffrey

 

Jeffrey,

Plantar Warts have little or nothing to do with the plantar fascia. Fascia is a general term referring to the connective tissue that envelops muscles and other body parts to provide structure and protection. The word "plantar" refers to anything related to the sole of the foot.

Oh, and by the way, the correct spelling is "arch" and not "arche".

(Ha! Now there's a bit of your own medicine )

sweet_dream

 

Don't think I didn't see "arche" -- it was something I let slide after posting because I tend to post (like now) at around 4 or 5 in the morning, so I'd say I do alright, with only the occasional typo.

I know that the plantar fascia is INSIDE the foot, I was just saying that it's "plantar" not "planter" to avoid confusion that it's maybe a farmer's wart or something. I'm a bit keen on anything "plantar" myself, so believe me, I know the spelling.

Blue skies,
-Jeffrey

 

You might want to post a pic if you have a camera so we can actually see what's going on instead of just guessing.

Peace Out, Al

 

Ok, once I get it working. If not I'll borrow a friend's.

 

I am so glad i found this thread on google. I think I have the same thing that yall are talking about. I got it about a couple days ago after a visit to the beach. I just developed a rash on like the 2nd day and then by the 3rd and 4th day I developed the herpe like bumps. I thought I got stung or something or was burned by the sand. I actually went to the ER yesterday and they did an x-ray to make sure nothing was in there and there wasn’t. I was diagnosed uncertainly with shingles. This makes no sense because all I have is the herpe like rash on the bottom of my foot. The doctor put me on famvir for the viral infection and sent me home. I was not satisfied so I went today to the dermatologist and she was stumped too. She took a culture of one of the blisters andnow awaiting the results. She gave me a topical steroid for it called Ultravate. So hopefully I will be able to find out what this is. I have a picture too of it. Let me know if yall wanna see more just let me know and I can upload them. I have taken pictures everyday to monitor the progress as the doctors I have seen are stumped. Looks like I’m going to have to figure this out on my own. It’s just nice to see I’m hopefully not the only one.

-Rob rob@robmonkey.com

 

I'm not sure what that is exactly. There's a skin infection called impetigo that causes small sacs with puss and scabs that itch and are painful. Children tend to get it in the summertime. Impetigo is infectious and can get into the skin through a small scrape or cut. It tends to spread to nearby skin and other parts of the body easily.

I'm not sure that's what you have. I just wanted to mention it.

Since this may be something infectious, you would want to clean your shoes carefully or even throw them away and get new ones once this is treated, as the virus that caused it may still be in the shoes if you wore them with this problem.

 

WOW, that's 10 times bigger/worse than mine is! I guess I should stop my bitchin' and suck it up! Wow!!!! I wish you the best of luck buddy. Are you a barefooter also?

 

i like to go barefoot but i dont alot if thats what you mean. they kinda dont like me showing up to work without shoes

 

wow,...true. i just can't imagine how you got your sore.

 

it could be a veruca or something?

When I was little I used to go barefoot a lot I got one a year or something stupid like that. not sure why! put me off going barefoot coz I couldn't stand having to keep on having them frozen off! I fricking loved it too, I just dont want things on my feet!