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How to soak your feet to keep healthy?
1, the foot bath time should be appropriate. Many people soak their feet while playing mobile phones, reading books, working and other things. If they accidentally soak their feet, it will take too long. We know that when soaking feet, blood flows to lower limbs more easily. At this time, the blood supply to the brain will be reduced. People who usually suffer from cerebrovascular diseases may feel dizzy and chest tightness at this time. The normal foot bath time is generally recommended to be controlled at 15-30 minutes, which should not be too long.

Don't soak your feet with overheated water. First of all, overheated water will damage the skin. Secondly, soaking feet in hot water for a long time will lead to the relaxation of plantar ligament, destroy the structure of foot ligament and affect walking and activities. If children soak their feet in hot water for a long time, it is easy to cause abnormal foot development and form flat feet. And people who have heart disease themselves, if they soak their feet with overheated water for a long time, may aggravate their heart condition.

Don't soak your feet immediately after dinner. Soaking your feet will make a lot of blood flow to your feet. If you soak your feet immediately after a meal, blood will flow from your stomach to your feet, leading to long-term indigestion and lack of nutrition.

4. People infected with tinea pedis should not use hot water to soak their feet. Patients with tinea pedis often get itchy skin and even blisters after soaking their feet in hot water, which can also cause secondary bacterial infection.

5. People with varicose veins should not soak their feet. Varicose veins of upper and lower limbs are caused by poor venous return. If such people still soak their feet with hot water for a long time and increase the local blood flow of lower limbs, it will increase the burden of venous return blood and make varicose veins more serious.