Foot ailments during Hajj: A short report

A study of ailments of the feet in pilgrims of Hajj revealed that 31% of them suffered from blisters, and the prevalence was five times higher in females. The presence of comorbidity (diabetes, obesity and advanced age) warrants immediate attention to them to avoid serious complications.

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Autores principales: Sridhar, Shruti, Benkouiten, Samir, Belhouchat, Khadidja, Drali, Tassadit, Memish, Ziad A., Parola, Philippe, Brouqui, Philippe, Gautret, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Atlantis Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7320529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25659945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2014.12.007
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spelling pubmed-73205292020-07-28 Foot ailments during Hajj: A short report Sridhar, Shruti Benkouiten, Samir Belhouchat, Khadidja Drali, Tassadit Memish, Ziad A. Parola, Philippe Brouqui, Philippe Gautret, Philippe J Epidemiol Glob Health Article A study of ailments of the feet in pilgrims of Hajj revealed that 31% of them suffered from blisters, and the prevalence was five times higher in females. The presence of comorbidity (diabetes, obesity and advanced age) warrants immediate attention to them to avoid serious complications. Atlantis Press 2015 2015-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7320529/ /pubmed/25659945 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2014.12.007 Text en © 2015 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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