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Expert Warns Number of Stinky Feet Rising
SINGAPORE (AP) - The number of Singaporeans with foul-smelling, fungus-covered feet is rising and health authorities want to tackle the problem, a leading doctor in the famously tidy city-state said Thursday.
The number of athlete's foot fungal infections seen at the National Skin Center has nearly tripled to more than 1,000 last year from 350 in 1995, said Dr. Seow Chew Swee, the center's senior consultant dermatologist.
``We get very offensive ones. Some people are very apologetic and don't want to take off their shoes in front of us,'' Seow said.
The increase has prompted the National Skin Center to hold a seminar on athlete's foot and other related skin problems as part of a public education campaign.
Seow attributed the growing problem to changing lifestyles on this wealthy, tropical island. More people are walking barefoot around swimming pools where the fungus can spread, he said.
Behavior modification campaigns are common in tightly controlled Singapore, which has in the past held drives to make people more polite, reduce spitting in public and clean up public toilets.
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