Corns and Callosities : Treatments

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Treatments could include:
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...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 6, 2007
Corns and calluses do not usually require medical attention unless the person who has them has diabetes mellitus, poor circulation, or other problems that make self-care difficult. Treatment should begin as soon as an abnormality appears. The firs...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Standing and walking correctly can sometimes eliminate excess foot pressure and minimize the development and recurrence of corns and calluses. Bodywork systems such as Aston-Patterning, the Feldenkrais method, and rolfing, may help to correct body...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Antibiotics are used for treatment or prevention of bacterial infection. They may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Detailed information on the use of antibiotics and children
Source:StayWell
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the sub-group of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. Other classes of drugs, most notably the sulfonamides , may be effective antibacterials.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Antibiotics are drugs that are used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other organisms, including protozoa, parasites, and fungi. Purpose Many treatments for cancer destroy disease-fighting white blood cells, thereby reducing the body ' s ability to fight infection.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the sub-group of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. Other classes of drugs, most notably the sulfonamides, may be effective antibacterials.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives derived from bacterial sources and used to treat bacterial infections. Purpose Antibiotics are used for treatment or prevention of bacterial infection.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Antibiotics represent a class of drugs used in the treatment of infections and infectious diseases caused by bacteria. These bacteria possess unique features (e.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Drugs used to combat bacteria that cause infection. Antibiotics are substances that combat bacteria, and, as a result, relieve the symptoms of infections caused by bacteria.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Surgical excision is the removal of tissue by a doctor or surgeon using a scalpel (sharp knife) or other cutting instrument.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 25, 2007
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