Immersion Foot

"Immersion Foot" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A condition of the feet produced by prolonged exposure of the feet to water. Exposure for 48 hours or more to warm water causes tropical immersion foot or warm-water immersion foot common in Vietnam where troops were exposed to prolonged or repeated wading in paddy fields or streams. Trench foot results from prolonged exposure to cold, without actual freezing. It was common in trench warfare during World War I, when soldiers stood, sometimes for hours, in trenches with a few inches of cold water in them. (Andrews' Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p27)

Descriptor ID

D007102

MeSH Number(s)

C17.800.321.500

Concept/Terms

Immersion Foot

Trench Feet

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Diseases [C]
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases [C17]
Skin Diseases [C17.800]
Foot Diseases [C17.800.321]
Immersion Foot [C17.800.321.500]

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