Answeraccording to my books, 75,000 brits had it but only 41 died from it which i am not sure is 100% correct
no it couldn't not in the soldiers conditions and hardship
Trench Foot was a major medical issue. This was because the trenches often contained mice and rats and when the soldiers feet were wet the bacteria and the fact that they walked a lot would lead to Trench Foot
The correct name for "trench foot" is Immersion foot. This occurs when the feet are constantly kept wet for a prolonged period of time. An example of this was during World War One, where soldiers in the trenches would be stood most of the time in pools of water. This was also the origins of the name "trench foot".
in WW1 the soldiers dug trenches (ditches) and lived down there and the land between was no mans land. trench foot is where your foot gets so wet and so cold from being in the trenches that it gets big and swollen and it usually gets so bad that it needs to be amputated
trench foot is a condition often got by soldiers in the first world war, when they couldn't dry their feet out.
Answeraccording to my books, 75,000 brits had it but only 41 died from it which i am not sure is 100% correct
Trench foot
by not getting it
Soldiers died from trench foot because their shoes were wet with dirty water
Trench foot would cause blisters and open sores on the soldiers foot. Often fungal infections would set in and gangrene if left untreated.
no it couldn't not in the soldiers conditions and hardship
wear really big boots
80,000
trench foot and shell shock
Trench foot got its name because during World War I many of the soldiers who fought in the trenches got trench foot because of the constantly damp conditions of their shoes in the trenches.It is not known exactly when or where the disease was given it's apt name but I'd imagine it was just a general term used by the soldiers that it was eventually accepted as it's name. The proper name of Trench Foot, however, is 'immersion foot'.
One foot infection that soldiers in Vietnam suffered from was an infection called trench foot. Also, many soldiers in Vietnam suffered from basic fungal infections on their feet.