Skin And Nails
The skin is the largest organ of the human body with a total weight of about 4 kg. It is an elastic shell of the body that maintains its ability to regenerate and essentially acts as a mediator between the external environment and the sensitive interior of the body, i.e. it is the part that comes in direct contact with the environment. It is considered to be a sensory organ because it allows us to perceive the stimuli of the environment, produces vitamins and prevents the loss of moisture from the body.
The most common diseases of the skin of the feet include dry skin, callus, fungal infections and warts. Many of them can be prevented following professional guidance but even after they appear and are properly diagnosed they can be treated.
The nails are plates that cover the last part of the phalanx of the toes. The nail consists of 3 parts – the root, the body and the free end.
Some interesting information about nails is that
- Our nails grow longer in summer than winter
- Finger nails grow faster than toenails.
- Children’s nails grow faster than adults’.
Nail diseases can be hereditary or acquired of known or unknown cause. Depending on the cause, the lesions may appear in the root, in the bed, in the body of the nail or even in the paronychia. Common toenail conditions include onychocryptosis, onychogryphosis and onychomycosis.