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Summary
Fourteen of the 26 bones in your feet are in your toes. The toes, particularly your big toe, help you move and keep your balance. Playing sports, running, stubbing your toe, and dropping something on your foot can damage your toes. Wearing shoes that are too loose or too tight can also cause toe problems. Certain diseases, such as severe arthritis, can cause toe problems and pain. Gout often causes pain in the big toe.
Common toe problems include :
Treatments for toe injuries and disorders vary. They might include shoe inserts or special shoes, padding, taping, medicines, rest, and in severe cases, surgery.
Diagnosis and Tests
- Foot Problems (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
- Search the Foot and Ankle Conditions: Interactive Foot Diagram (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons)
Treatments and Therapies
- Bunionette Deformity Correction (American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Bunion Surgery (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons)
- Replantation of digits - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Related Issues
- 10 Points of Proper Shoe Fit: How Do You Find the Right Shoes? (American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society)
- Bone Healing (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) Also in Spanish
Specifics
- Broken Toe (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Bunions (Hallux Abducto Valgus) (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) Also in Spanish
- Capsulitis of the Second Toe (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) Also in Spanish
- Fractures of the Fifth Metatarsal (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) Also in Spanish
- Hallux Rigidus (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) Also in Spanish
- Hammertoe (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) Also in Spanish
- Hammertoe and Mallet Toe (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Neuromas (American Podiatric Medical Association)
- Sesamoid Injuries in the Foot (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) Also in Spanish
- Tailor's Bunion (Bunionette) (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) Also in Spanish
- Toe and Metatarsal Fractures (Broken Toes) (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) Also in Spanish
- Turf Toe (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) Also in Spanish
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Bunion
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
Patient Handouts
- Broken toe - self-care (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Bunion removal (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Bunions (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Clubbing of the fingers or toes (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Hammer toe (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Hammer toe repair (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Hammer toe repair - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Polydactyly (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
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