The Diseases of the pilgrim

The blisters

Usually they appear as a result of the continuous rubbing of the boots or the socks on the skin, also by excess of perspiration among other reasons.

If the blister is very incipient, it can be enough with applying a Compeed patch (it is bought in drugstores).

If the blister is big first with a hypodermic needle, to burst the blister draining the liquid, next, with a syringe, to inject BETADINE (Spanish drug that has Polividona with iodine), directly a little, it smarts a little but disinfects and hardens the skin.

To never clear the died skin, comes up with infections. To pass a thread with the needle, soaked well of BETADINE, is good like drainage during the night, but it is not advisable to walk with the thread. The problem is in which the holes that we have done with the needle are closed and they become to fill of liquid, therefore and to avoid this it is advisable to tear a little these holes.

Small sponges trimmed in form of O, surrounding the blister and tying with sticking plaster, also are emergency solution while we walk. To always use silk sticking plaster.

All these techniques are not another thing that small homemade remedies and in no case replace a good attendance of medical or infirmary, which, of course, we recommended before the minimum suspicion of infection or other problems.

Inflammations

The tendonitis and muscular overloads are generally as a result of lack of training. It is necessary, essentially in the beginning, to dose the effort.

Massages with alcohol of rosemary and the use of cream and tablets anti-inflammatory, always previous medical consultation, are very useful.

The bandage elastic, if they are well placed, alleviates the pain.

Sunburns

Always produced by the sun. In the neck, the arms, especially the left one by the direction of the pilgrim that is almost always towards the west, and the legs: they are the most affected parts.

A suitable solar protection, factor 15 for example, can be sufficient. But it is necessary to consider the different types of skin.

Allergies

The people, who are allergic to pollen, etc, will have to choose the time of peregrination carefully or to provide themselves with the medication adapted according to the type of allergy.

Bites

Those of wasp, bee, mosquito and some that another flea, usually are most frequent.
If you are very sensible, will agree to take precautions with some repellent.