Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of foot pathology resulting from combined exposure to hot weather and humid environmental conditions (literature review)
- Авторлар: Malchevskiy V.A.1, Murtuzaliev M.M.2, Sakharov S.P.1, Malchevskiy A.V.1
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Мекемелер:
- Tyumen State Medical University
- Dagestan State Medical University
- Шығарылым: Том 17, № 4 (2025)
- Беттер: 659-672
- Бөлім: Scientific Reviews and Reports
- ##submission.datePublished##: 31.10.2025
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2658-6649/article/view/352137
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.12731/2658-6649-2025-17-4-1217
- ID: 352137
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Аннотация
Background. Global climate warming leads to the emergence of long periods of hot weather in summer in the Russian Federation. It causes the emergence of pathologies that were previously found only in tropical countries. One of them is foot pathology resulting from the combined effects of hot weather and humid environmental conditions. It can occur in people of various specialities working in humid environmental conditions. Analysing literature sources, we found that there is a lack of information on this problem in domestic literature sources.
Purpose. To increase the effectiveness of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of foot pathology arising in patients as a result of the combined effects of hot weather and humid environmental conditions, by informing medical professionals about this problem and ways of solving it.
Materials and methods. We searched for publications in RSCI, PubMed, Cochrane and Scopus databases by the key word term «tropical foot». A total of 29 publications were identified, of which 24 were selected.
Results. The information has been analysed and a modern view on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of «warm water immersion foot» (WWIF) and «tropical immersion foot» (TIF) has been formulated. It is revealed that the pathophysiology of these diseases is not sufficiently studied. It is noted that existing prevention and treatment measures are based on clinical experience rather than on the principles of evidence-based medicine.
Conclusion. In connection with global climate warming, the need for further scientific research aimed at a comprehensive integrated study of this pathology and the development on their basis of its effective prevention and treatment is certainly relevant.
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Vladimir Malchevskiy
Tyumen State Medical University
Хат алмасуға жауапты Автор.
Email: malchevski@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1308-2899
SPIN-код: 2918-1807
Scopus Author ID: SC 57194276974
ResearcherId: G-9557-2015
Dr. Sc. (Medicine), Professor RAS, Professor of the Department of Mobilisation Training of Public Health and Disaster Medicine
Ресей, 54, Odesskaya Str., Tyumen, 625023, Russian Federation
Murtuzali Murtuzaliev
Dagestan State Medical University
Email: opmfef@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8744-6026
SPIN-код: 2386-1860
ResearcherId: LLL-3506-2024
Dr. Sc. (Medicine), Professor, Professor of the Department of Biophysics, Informatics and Medical Devices, Department of Biophysics, Informatics and Medical Devices
Ресей, 1, pl. Lenina, Makhachkala, 367000, Dagestan, Russian Federation
Sergei. Sakharov
Tyumen State Medical University
Email: sacharov09@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1737-3906
SPIN-код: 9850-0460
Scopus Author ID: SC 55328409300
Cand. Sc. (Medicine), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Mobilisation Preparation of Public Health and Disaster Medicine
Ресей, 54, Odesskaya Str., Tyumen, 625023, Russian Federation
Aleksey Malchevskiy
Tyumen State Medical University
Email: malchevskiy_2018@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0005-2743-0697
SPIN-код: 9569-3048
ResearcherId: KPB-8145-2024
student
Ресей, 54, Odesskaya Str., Tyumen, 625023, Russian Federation
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