(Please excuse my long explanation)
Last Thursday (2/14/08 ) I was wearing a pair of new shoes without socks. About halfway to my class I felt pain on my heels and assumed I'd have blisters. When I got to class and took the shoes off, only to find my heels bleeding pretty badly. I walked back to my dorm barefoot and didn't wear shoes the rest of the day. I cleaned the wounds (soap and hot water) then put antibacterial ointment and bands on my heels.
Everyday I change the bandaids, I still had to wear shoes to get around(with socks,bandaids, and different shoes) the wounds would pus and sting from the shoe backs on them, so every chance I got I took the shoes off. As of Tues, I've been wearing flipflops (and my bands).
My left heel is healing very well and its pretty much back to normal, its my right heel I'm concerned about.
The skin around the wound has died (and it seemed to have spread a little, making the wound bigger.) I removed the dead skin with a pair of clean tweezers and it came off VERY easily, like it was about to fall off on its own. In the wound area, it’s a dark red, outlined in a reddish-pinkish color. It has also been giving off a strange odor. I don’t know how to explain the odor, but its nothing natural to me. (So it’s not me having stinky feet) Surrounding the wound, the skin that isn’t dead, but in the general area has become a strange pale-pink color. The best way I can describe this wound is a lot like a sore or a blister that the top has been freshly removed from. I clean it every day with soap & water or alcohol wipes, and when I put new bandaids on, I add antibacterial ointment.
I don’t know what else to do for it, and I don’t know what’s wrong with it. What should I do? It doesn’t hurt to touch, but if I move around (walking) when I step forward and the skin is pulled tight, it causes me extreme pain, unless I have a bandaid on. Thanks for your help.
I apologize if this was a rough read and if its not perfect. I'm new here and I'm just really worried about my foot :/