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Ingrown
toenails
Occurring
most often on a big toe, an ingrown toenail may result from
wearing tight shoes or not trimming nails straight across.
An ingrown nail presses into the side of a toe. If untreated,
it may become infected.
Blisters
Any
place shoes rub against skin, blisters may form.
Corns
& calluses
These
are thickenings of skin in spots where footwear presses
or rubs, especially on toes.
Plantar
Warts
Something
that looks like a round callus and has a crater in the center
may actually be a plantar wart. This is a skin condition
on the sole of your foot, caused by a virus.
Athlete's
Foot
This
is actually a fungal infection that typically begins in
the moist, warm areas between your toes. Symptoms of athlete's
foot include painful itching between toes, cracking and
scaling of skin, and thickening of toenails.
Metatarsalgia
An
unusual amount of pressure on the metatarsal bones in your
foot can lead to pressure -- and pain in the ball of your
foot. The metatarsal bones lie inside your foot, just above
the ball. Metatarsalgia may come from having a high arch,
or from the way your forefoot spreads with age.
Plantar
Neuroma
This
is a nerve growth that may accompany metatarsalgia, causing
numbness between two toes and pain and pressure with walking.
Hammertoes
Hammertoes
are actually a "hooked", unnatural position of
toes. Corns, calluses, and pain can result from hammertoes,
which itself may be caused by a nerve abnormality, or a
genetic condition.
Bunion
This
is a bump on the inside edge of your foot, at the base of
your big toe. It makes it difficult to fit shoes, and can
be accompanied by irritation, swelling, and even arthritis.
Heel
Pain
Heel
pain can be caused by inflammation of a structure in your
foot called the plantar fascia, which runs from your heel
to your forefoot. The fascia may pull away from the heel.
Sometimes, bone spurs (bony growths) occur here, too.
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