There’s a 10 year old boy we know who recently took to wearing socks and slippers all the time. Why you ask? So that his parents wouldn’t see how nasty his ingrown toenails had become. By the time he was outed, here’s how they looked. So what’s your diagnosis?
A wart is an infection caused by a virus which can invade your skin through small cuts or breaks. Over time, the wart develops into a hard rough growth on the surface of the skin. A ‘plantar wart’ is most commonly seen on the bottom of the foot. It can also appear [...]
Fungal toenails are toenails that have become infected with one of a group of microorganisms we call fungus. This fungus is similar to the organism that causes athlete’s foot. As the fungus invades the nail and the nail bed, it may go unnoticed for a period of time because it is rarely painful. [...]
Ingrown toenails are quite common in all age groups. It is a result of a nail growing into the skin that surrounds it. The improper trimming of the nails, tight shoes, or injury to the nail can cause ingrown toenails. Often they seem to occur for no reason at all.
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Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the ligament running from your heel to the ball of your foot, which is called the plantar fascia. The bottom, or inside, of your heel may hurt when you stand. The pain usually decreases after you walk a few steps, but it may return with prolonged movement. [...]
Commonly called a Morton’s neuroma, this problem begins when the outer coating of a nerve in your foot thickens. This condition has a number of different symptoms and side effects. The most common symptoms are:
* Burning and stinging between the toes radiating toward the ball of the foot
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If an injury to your ankle doesn’t result in a fracture, then it is likely sprained. An ankle sprain is a common injury, especially during sporting activities, and results in the stretching or tearing of the ligaments in the ankle. Usually all sprains occur on the outside of the ankle joints. Ankle [...]
A hammertoe is a term used to describe a crooked, deviated, or contracted toe. Although the condition usually stems from muscle imbalance, it is often aggravated by poor-fitting shoes or socks that cramp the toes. Over a period of years, the tendons that move the toe up and down begin to pull the [...]
Bunion is a lay term describing a painful swelling of the soft tissue overlying the big toe of the foot. The deformity arises when a progressive dislocation of the joint causes the big toe to drift toward the second toe. Simultaneously, the first metatarsal bone separates or spreads in the opposite direction, creating [...]
Problems that occur within the joints of the foot and ankle will require surgical repair. Arthroscopy allows our doctors to inspect, examine and correct problems in the joints with the use of needle-like probes. Since arthroscopy uses smaller instruments and requires only small openings to be made, your recovery time is shortened and [...]
