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Treating Corns

Health Encyclopedia: Corns And Calluses

Alternative Names

Calluses and corns

Treatment

Usually, preventing friction is the only treatment needed. If a corn is the result of a poor-fitting shoe, changing to shoes that fit properly will usually eliminate the corn within a couple of weeks. Until then, protect the skin with donut-shaped corn pads, available in pharmacies. If desired, use a pumice stone to gently wear down the corn.

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Health Guide

Sugar

...glucose control. To determine if a food item has added sugar, look for ingredients like high fructose corn syrup, fruit juice concentrate, syrup, molasses and glucose on the food label. Back to... Read more »

Foot Pain: Toe Pain

Toe PainA corn is a type of callus, a protective layer of dead skin cells that form due to repeated friction. It is cone-shaped and has a knobby core that points inward. This core can put pressure on... Read more »

Corns and calluses

Corns and calluses are thickened layers of skin caused by repeated pressure or friction. Alternative Names Calluses and corns Causes, incidence, and risk... Read more »

Foot Pain: Causes

...High-impact exercising, such as jogging or strenuous aerobics, can injure the feet. Common injuries include corns, calluses, blisters, muscle cramps, acute knee and ankle injuries, plantar... Read more »

Foot Pain: Forefoot Pain

...particularly high heels, or by high-impact activities.CallusesCalluses are composed of the same material as corns, hardened patches of dead skin cells. Calluses, however, develop on the ball or... Read more »

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