THE NAME "HONG KONG FOOT" ORIGINATED FROM THE STATIONING OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN HONG KONG. AFTER THE QING DYNASTYCHINA LOST IN THE FIRST OPIUM WAR, THEY CEDED HONG KONG TO THE UNITED KINGDOM. BECAUSE THE BRITISH WERE USED TO LIFE IN LESS HUMID CLIMATES OF EUROPE, WHEN THEY CAME TO HONG KONG, WHICH HAS A HOT AND MOIST CLIMATE, THEY WERE STILL WEARING THEIR MILITARY BOOTS WITHOUT GOOD VENTILATION RESULTING IN MANY BRITISH SOLDIERS CATCHING AN UNKNOWN SKIN DISEASE WITH MANY TINY BOILS. SOME WERE SWOLLEN RED WITH PUS, AND IT WAS VERY ITCHY. YET, AT THAT TIME THE EUROPEAN PHYSICIANS HAD NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF DISEASE, SO THEY THOUGHT IT WAS AN EPIDEMIC IN HONG KONG, SO THEY CALLED IT "HONG KONG FOOT