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Without a doubt, your feet are important. Their 26 bones, 33 joints, and network of muscles, ligaments, and tendons carry your entire body weight as you go about your daily activities. You probably don’t think about your feet most of the time, but, when you develop a problem with them, feet are hard to ignore. Because of footwear choices, age-related bone thinning, or simply heredity and chance, some foot problems are more likely to affect women than men. What are the most common problems, and what can you do about them?
One or more of your toenails can become infected with fungus, yeast, or mold. Women as well as men often are distressed about toenail fungus — the medical term is onychomycosis (on-i-ko-my-KO-sis) — because the…