Toe Issues Cocoa Beach FL
Have you noticed any strange symptoms affecting your toes and need some help in dealing with them? If so, read the following articles and find out what might be the cause of the pain and get some information on how to treat whatever is ailing you.
Hello, I am 29 years old and I have lost feeling in the big toe of my left foot. Nothing I do helps circulation or anything.
Every night after retiring for about 2 to 3 hours, I experience a very severe stabbing pain at the top of the toe next to my little toe. The pain is specific to one area, ie where the top of the toe meets the foot.
Two weeks ago my 2nd, 4th and especially my pinky toe of my right foot became red and swollen. There is also a small dark discoloration on the nail bed of the pinky toe near the cuticle.
I have had reoccurring flareups of pain at the joint of my big toe over the last year. I am a 37 yrs male. These have always been after long walks, day three of walking a tradeshow etc. The whole joint of the big toe swells and is very painful, my initial research pointed to gout. This has happened 4 times.
It is unfortunate that your foot ended up the way it did. I hope your doctor discussed the possibility of surgical failure with you prior to the procedure as that is one of the risks of undergoing any type of surgery.
All toes pain when exercized, numbed, limited motion radius, stiff constantly without much relief. It sounds like arthritis in the toes, but the numbness may also be suggestive of poor circulation.
Assuming you do not start bleeding, apply Lamisil cream (you can buy it over the counter), twice a day. You will have to use it for a couple of weeks, even if the area initially starts to feel better.
If the pain is exactly on the bottom of the toes in the area where the toe bends, there is a very good chance you have an extra bone in your toe. It is actually more cartilage than bone but because of where it is placed it can be the subject of pain particularly if injured such as walking on a concrete floor.
Usually if one toe goes into spasm it is the direct result of overuse of that particular muscle, in this case the muscle that brings the big toe up. Most muscle spasms are idiopathic meaning they just happen.
Certainly a black toe would be suggestive of gangrene, but obviously in this case it is not. There is the possibility that it may also be blue toe syndrome, she may be throwing small emboli.
We discovered the discoloration 5 days ago and at the time, there was no pain involved. On the third night, the pinky toe on her left foot started causing her minor pain. Since then, that same toe has become excruciatingly painful to the point where 1000mg of Vicodin (prescribed by a Dr.) barely helps.
Before you "freak out" just go to a podiatrist and have a little bit of the nail cut away (it should be a painless experience) so that the discoloration can be examined. In the vast, vast majority of cases it is usually dry blood.
Usually burning type pain in a confined area is not diabetic neuropathy and "may" be nothing more than a local nerve irritation. Probably not a neuroma because the pain is not on the ball of the foot. Read on for more information on burning sensation on your toes.
A mistake many doctors make is to think that antibiotics alone will clear up the infection. Sometimes it does, but more often than not, unless the nail is removed the infection will not clear up. The nail is probably still dug into the skin and creating pain along with not allowing the infection to clear up.
I am a 28 yr old female, 7 1/2 mo. pregnant. A few months ago I began to have some redness with very mild itching/burning on the toes of both feet, but it wasn't bothersome so I didn't do anything about it. About 2 weeks ago, my toes had become swollen and tender with noticeable itching, so I started using athlete's foot cream, assuming a fungal infection.
I broke my "pinkie" toe about 2 yrs. ago on this same foot, I never went to the doctor, always thought there was nothing that could be done about it. Now I am wondering if the pain could be related to that. When I come home from work (only 10 minutes away) I can hardly walk when I go to get out of the car, I have to stretch it and the first couple of steps are really painful. I just want to get this taken care of. Please help! Thank you.
Hello...back again with another question. I am close to being 6 months post op from my bunionectomy and I've been doing pretty good so far. There is a couple of residual issues that I have questions about. The first is that when I curl my toes down, when I'm doing flex and bend exercises for my foot to regain ROM, I instantly get a cramp in the foot under the four toes. It is uncomfortable, annoying, and keeps me from continuing with my bending exercises. This has been going on since right after the surgery.
I am a 25 year old graduate student finishing my doctorate in physical therapy this May. I live in Illinois, where it is most definitely cold in the winter. Last February/March, I noticed my toes starting to become discolored, itchy, and extremely painful, say if someone stepped on my foot. Read on.
Suddenly started on Monday of this week (so for 5 days now) on and off during the day I have this ODD feeling like someone is " applying PRESSURE to the TOP of my big toe." I do not see any bruising... I do not see and lumps or bumps or any black and blue marks. Read on.
It is unfortunate that your foot ended up the way it did. I hope your doctor discussed the possibility of surgical failure with you prior to the procedure as that is one of the risks of undergoing any type of surgery.
I saw my foot doctor today and his recommendation was surgery. He wants to fix the bunionette (bunion on the outside of my right foot) and the hammer toe. He would also like to correct the slight hammer toe on my left foot. I had a nail fall off of my left foot as well but my left foot doesn't bother me. Read on.
The bottom line: sounds like it is getting better to me. Remember the problem with foot injuries is that every time you walk on the foot, you re-injure an injured area, so foot problems take longer to heal.
Pain of the magnitude that you describe is not of the false alarm variety. See a podiatrist. Based on your description "I think" you are describing the painful area as the fifth metatarsal head, which would be just behind the pinkie toe.
If it is only occurring upon awakening in the morning my first thought would be of a nerve impingement in the lower back, or possibly a circulatory problem as a more remote possibility.
If you are suffering from any kind of numbness in your feet, please do not ignore it or do not dare to visit your doctor. Because it may turn out to be a serious problem.
Hello, I am 29 years old and I have lost feeling in the big toe of my left foot. Nothing I do helps circulation or anything.
A good doctor will still show interest in his patient even when things do not go as smoothly as anticipated. In my opinion, your best bet would be to consult with another podiatrist and get a second independent opinion.
I have had reoccurring flareups of pain at the joint of my big toe over the last year. I am a 37 yrs male. These have always been after long walks, day three of walking a tradeshow etc. The whole joint of the big toe swells and is very painful, my initial research pointed to gout. This has happened 4 times.
The fact that you are getting corns on the tips of your toes is suggestive of wearing shoes that are too short and tight. If this is the case then those same shoes are going to worsen your neuroma pain. No matter what your doctor does for you, it will be negated by your old shoes.
Capsulitis sometimes is a complication of neuroma surgery because a ligament has to be cut in order to get to the nerve. Read the following article for more information on capsulitis.
If the stimulator does not work, or your insurance does not cover it then you may be faced with surgery in an effort to get the toe to stop hurting. With proper treatment you should be able to resume your active lifestyle.
I'm a healthy 47 year old female. I do have a bunion on my left foot, but the problem I'm trying to diagnose deals with my toes. Recently I'm experiencing pain coming from the bottom of my toes. Mainly the 2nd and 3rd on each foot. The "pads" feel swollen, tender and radiate a tingling pain all of the time. At night I have sharp pains...enough to wake me up...although sometimes the pain comes from my bunion foot touching the sheets. Read on.
When stretching out my big toe like by removing a shoe or ski boot I get intense sharp burning pain around the area where the big toe meets the foot. The pain is only on the medial side. On the one to ten pain scale this is an 8+. I sometimes also have pain in the same general area on the second and third toes. I have had gout in the past.
I have, I believe a hammer toe on the second toe of my left foot. The pain, however, is underneath the second toe, under the pad at the rear of the of the toe where it connects with the sole of the foot. It has felt like I've been walking on a marble for several weeks. When I press on the pad, it hurts, as if there is something growing under the skin. Any thoughts?
If the lump and pain came on suddenly then I would lean toward a cyst as being the source of the pain, but I have to point out that the circled area is a spot where many people have an extra cartilaginous growth. It is not true bone, but it is palpable and in an active person like yourself it could begin to hurt.
Just recently, I developed two new (but somewhat similar) problems. On the underside of my big toe, more towards the nail than the base, I have a dime sized something-or-other that is very painful, but not the same type of pain I've had with all my other issues. It's super sensitive, almost as if I'm hitting raw skin when I touch it. It's not raised much at all and has a very thin layer of dry skin on to.
There may be some connection between the plantar fascial ligament and the intrinsic muscles of the foot which are the muscles that bend the toes downward. But I have not specifically seen toes curl as a result of plantar fibromatosis but if you are having pain on the bottom of your feet and having difficulty walking, the toes going into a spasm would not surprise me.
Hammertoes are classified as rigid or flexible, basically meaning that when your doctor holds your foot in a certain manner if the toe straightens then its flexible, if it stays bent then it is a rigid hammertoe.
I have been going to a podiatrist for Plantar Fasciitis and slowly I am recovering. My doctor noticed my purplish-bluish hue to my toes but wasn't there on other visits to him. It doesn't happen every day or the color pattern doesn't appear on my fingers and it is not painful at all. So I really never gave it a second thought. However, whenever my toes get that blue/purple tinge they are cold to the touch and so are my hands. My doctor says this is not normal and I have Reynaud’s disease/phenomenon ?Can it be? do I need to get tested for this disease or should I go ahead and take my doctor’s prescription without diagnoses?.
It is the second toe on my right foot. My foot looks slightly swollen and there is some redness above the toe and when i apply some pressure to that area it hurts, i can't bend the toe up or down at all without a pretty nice shot of pain happening.
Three things come to mind, Morton's neuroma , capsulitis , and synovitis or inflammation of the lining around the joints. Your family doctor is not the person to see; a podiatrist would be a much better option.
Keep in mind that surgery is not without its own inherent risks, but if you want to be able to run pain free again, then that might be your only option. Read on to learn more information below.
I do not know if you aggravated the foot with RSDS or if the other foot now has symptoms of RSDS. In any event, you need to see a doctor as soon as possible. As you probably know RSDS is best treated early on, the longer you wait and the worse it gets, the harder it is to improve upon.
In gout, many times the uric acid levels will be normal during the actual attack. So, my advice is to wait until you are not having any pain, then go see your doctor and let them do a 24 hour uric acid test.
Every night after retiring for about 2 to 3 hours, I experience a very severe stabbing pain at the top of the toe next to my little toe. The pain is specific to one area, ie where the top of the toe meets the foot.
