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Over the past ten years, the number of people suffering from a painful and bothersome foot condition has doubled. The problem affects in particular women who wear high heels exceeding five centimeters. It also develops in people who wear shoes that are too big or too small.This painful disease is even more dangerous because it can result in loss of feeling in the toes, which is why it qualifies for surgery in most cases.
Ladies are especially at risk
Morton’s neuroma is a benign tumor located along the plantar nerve. In most cases, it is located between the second and third or third and fourth fingers. The largest group of people suffering from this disease are women aged 40-69 who are used to wearing tight-fitting high heels with thin toes. Morton’s neuroma is diagnosed eight or even ten times more often in the fair sex. Because runners are exposed to irritation of the head of the metatarsal bones and they are often diagnosed with this condition, and also as a result of injuries and treatments, among others. hip joint or foot, which results in uneven distribution of weight on the legs.
You will know him by his symptoms
Initially, the pain in this condition may resemble the soreness caused by a pebble in the shoe, although at a later stage it becomes so severe that we equate it with walking on a knife-edge. However, before diagnosing Morton’s neuroma, we should make sure that loss of sensation in the toes is not related to diabetes.
How does this disease develop?
The name is often misleading, in many cases it is not a tumor, but an overgrowth in the scar tissue in the area of the plantar nerve, or possibly microdamages in this nerve. support them so that they do not fall off the feet. High-heeled shoes are usually to blame, when the toe bones press on the nerves and as a result of this compression, fibrous connective tissue surrounds the nerve, and as a consequence, an increasingly growing neuroma is formed, causing pain in the forefoot.
Diagnosis
Ultrasound alone usually does not reveal a neuroma, so a clinical examination is performed to make the diagnosis. If the symptoms are long-lasting, the guilty common plantar nerve of the fingers should be removed. In other cases, treatment will be based on rehabilitation, anti-inflammatory drugs or steroid injections, as well as the correct fitting of footwear with a wide toe.