TRENCH FOOT
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The conditions in the trenches during WWI was horrible, dirty mud water covered the floor of the trenches and the soldiers had to walk through them in their poor conditioned boots. Their boots would all get soggy after a few minutes of walking through the disgusting water and after a week or so, the boots would be shabby and falling off. The soldiers also couldn't dry their wet feet because they didn't have enough time and couldn't because of all the things they had to carry around with them all the time. So they've adapted by going in partners at least once a day and putting grease on each other's feet. They've also adapted by keeping their feet as dry as they could to avoid catching Trench foot.
BODY LICE
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The soldiers also had to deal with body lice. The lice were a big problem to the soldiers because the soldiers couldn't get rid of them. The lice were buried deep inside the seams of the soldiers' clothes, so it was impossible to get rid of them. So, the soldiers tried to use pomades to get rid of them, but the lice adapted to the pomades so the pomades didn't work. The soldiers adapted by taking turns and trying to take the lice out of their clothes, slept fully dressed and if it was itchy during the night and they didn't have anybody around them to help them scratch their backs, they put their rifles in between their clothes and their back and rubbed it (at least that made it less itchy).