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Health Encyclopedia: Foot Pain Prevention

Prevention

The American Podiatric Medical Association offers the following tips for preventing foot pain:

Don't ignore foot pain -- it's not normal. If the pain persists, see a doctor who specializes in podiatry.
Inspect feet regularly. Pay attention to changes in color and temperature of the feet. Look for thick or discolored nails (a sign of developing fungus), and check for cracks or cuts in the skin. Peeling or scaling on the soles of feet could indicate athlete's foot. Any growth on the foot ...

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Efudex, Aldara and Other Skin Cancer Topical Chemo Creams

By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert

...names efudex and carac) and imiquimod (trade name aldara). First, let's talk about these... Read more »

Topical Medications for Actinic Keratoses

By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert

...One cream is imiquimod, and goes by the trade name Aldara. It was originally approved to treat... Read more »

New Ointment Therapy for Anogenital Warts

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...bothersome and sometimes painful and currently the topical creams and surgical treatments... Read more »

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Genital Warts and HPV

...These include: Home treatments: · Condylox -- a liquid medicine · Aldara -- a cream medicine Office treatments: · cryotherapy (freezing) ... Read more »

Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers: Treatment for Other Skin Cancers

...treatment ends. However, it causes less irritation than 5-FU and may be useful for some people.Imiquimod (Aldara)Approved by the FDA in July 2004 for treating superficial basal cell carcinoma... Read more »

Psoriasis: Topical Medications

...for severe side effects.Triamcinolone acetonide (Aureocort, Tri-Adcortyl, Kenalog). Available as a topical cream or as an injectable agent to treat nail psoriasis.High potencyBetamethasone... Read more »

Herpes Simplex: Treatment for Oral Herpes

...in topical form (see below), as is penciclovir (a related drug).Topical TreatmentsThese ointments or creams help shorten healing time and duration of symptoms. However, none are truly effective in... Read more »

Skin Wrinkles and Blemishes: Highlights

...Long-term follow-up studies are not available yet for this new method.Drug ResearchDimeracin, a new cream under investigation in clinical studies, can repair sun-related DNA damage in skin cells.... Read more »

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