Exploring Natural Remedies for Foot Infections: A Study on Lifestyle Changes and Alternative Treatments for Corns

Abstract

The current review is to explore about hectic lifestyle changes of people that lead to foot infections. Now-a-days most of the people are suffering with foot infections such as corns or callus, athlete’s foot, cellulitis, toenail fungus, foot abscess and erythrasma etc. Epidemiological study states that 10-48% of adults are suffering out of which again 20% are men and the rest 40% are women are suffering with corns or calluses, even children of different ages are also get affected with this infection due to wearing of tight or ill-fitting shoes & sandals. Synthetically there is a proven method to overcome this infection by using salicylic acid plasters, ointments, patches which are available in the market, but there is no medication that can naturally overcome corns. Our aim is to exploit different natural ingredients which can be prepared as medicine to treat corns at the early stage itself, to avoid the synthetic usage.