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What Causes Orange Skin Colour On Hands And Bottom Of Feet?
My hands and particularly the bottom of my feet are very orange. I don t eat a lot of carrots or orange veggies and I ve had my thyroid checked and it is not abnormal. I am a healthy active 25-year-old female with a well balanced diet. My feet are consistently Orange, and only more so as I ve gotten older. What could this be?
Fri, 20 Feb 2015
thank you for asking the question.
you are saying that you are not taking carrot but carotene is not available only in carrot, it is present in papaya,mango and spinach also. orange color feet is mainly occur due to carotenosis.it is benign and reversible condition and seen more in light skin people. secondary cause for carotenosis is thyroid but it is normal in your case.so my advise is it is harmless condition and no treatment is required. once it is deposited it takes long time to disappear.
hope this will helpful to you.
you are saying that you are not taking carrot but carotene is not available only in carrot, it is present in papaya,mango and spinach also. orange color feet is mainly occur due to carotenosis.it is benign and reversible condition and seen more in light skin people. secondary cause for carotenosis is thyroid but it is normal in your case.so my advise is it is harmless condition and no treatment is required. once it is deposited it takes long time to disappear.
hope this will helpful to you.
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