Still, scores lost blackened toes and even whole feet to frostbite and
trench foot.
Trench foot is a foot disease caused by long exposure to cold, wet and unsanitary conditions.
Symptoms of
trench foot include redness, swelling, numbness, blisters, and breaks in the skin.
Should it rain the choice is between
trench foot and wet rot.
She saw children with
trench foot. I thought, 'We've done this once, we can do it again'."
Another team member worries they've got
trench foot.
However, jungle life is taking its toll - one of the celebs is suffering from mosquito bites, while another has
trench foot.
It will give visitors an insight into the Victoria Cross winners William Ratcliffe, John Davies and Noel Chavasse and look at how soldiers had to endure rats, lice, cockroaches,
trench foot, as well as being battered by the elements.
In another such incident, she was attacked by monkeys and got
trench foot because of prolonged exposure to damp.
But the number of prisoners was not the only surprising element to the war - the cold weather and
trench foot proved to be problematic.
IT is ludicrously weather-dependent, as anyone who was there on Saturday or Sunday will testify if they have got over the
trench foot yet, but going to the Open is a unique and very special way to view top-class sport.
Personally I think the physical effect ends at your nipples sticking out although given the reality of UK weather I am prepared to accept drivers are also in danger of contracting
trench foot.