Guest guest Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Once again we have the summer feet problem. 's feet look awful. they look like prunes all the time, not just when wet....and they are very very cracked, in some places black areas around the cracks, look awful. We check Mollie's (no CF, but with juvenile diabetes) regularily for such things, but why is this happening in my 7 yo with CF???? His blood sugars have twice been slightly elevated on annual blood work, but nothing to be concerned about yet, per the docs. We have been told the salt and sweat....but we have switched to the nike prestos (which offer more air) when going places where his feet won't get wet, he wears cotton socks, and flip flop style shoes when out playing near the lake so his feet don't stay in wet shoes. This has happened 3 summers in a row and we have never found a solution, though I must say, this yr they are the worst I have seen (enough to make my sister worried...) Anyone have any advice on this? I guess we will need to call the doctor (CF docs), but we are in Canada....so they cannot call anything in. Believe it or not, we brought every imaginable drug with us, cipro, ceftin, augmentin, etc for exacerbations that might occur while here, but nothing for feet!!!! I hope someone has advice.....esp. if there are any canadians out there that might know of something otc here or something you can get from the pharmacist (one thing I like about canada....we found EMLA here (course you have to pay full price, not put on insurance it is QUITE costly!) and just had to ask pharmacist, can even get tylenol with codeine, so maybe there is a foot thing here, too. I also like that you can get phenergan creme here. (under arm pit or in crook of arm, works just like rectal suppositories for nausea, plus, works great on bug bites, and they dont have it in the states....) So, if anyone knows anything about any product, please suggest.....we are desparate.... Thanks Jen Mommy of 7 including ph, 4 with CF and port; Mallory age 5 with CF, port, OSA, asthma,; 7 with CF, port, asthma; Madison 7, 9, Mollie 10 with juvenile (type 1) diabetes , and Miranda, age 11, plus two neices with CF ages 4 and 6, and daughter of JEM's DADA (HI DAD), who is also on the cystic-l list.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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