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What is Pododermatitis?

Dec 10, 2016 Audra Lynn

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Podogermatitis affects the skin webs between the toes and between the foot pads. It's a general terms for several different skin disorders. It will result in redness, inflammation, swelling, and sometimes discharging sinuses. Usually the underlying cause is unknown. What causes podogermatitis? Sometimes the cause can be identified, but many times there is no known cause. Here are some list of causes: Most cases are idiopathic meaning unknown Foreign object penetrates into the skin like grass, splinters of wood, thorns Foreign material collected against the skin like gravel, sand, tar, walking in freshly laid grass, chemicals Trauma like cuts,...