Corns
DESCRIPTION
Corns form on the feet. Like calluses, corns are caused by the accumulation of special epidermal cells called keratinocytes. These cells accumulate in response to pressure or friction, usually over a bony prominence, like toe joints.
HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT
Small pea-sized, thickened areas of dead hard skin that cause pain when pushed into live skin tissue.
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Calluses
DESCRIPTION
Calluses are areas of skin that thicken in response to repeated pressure and friction from repeated rubbing. They are the body's way of protecting the skin and the structures beneath it from injury. Calluses can form on the skin of any part of the body that is exposed to excessive pressure or friction. It is common for calluses to form over a bony spot, such as the toes, fingers or elbows. Painful calluses typically occur on the sole of the foot, on the heel or under the five metatarsal heads (i.e., the area where the long inner bones of the toes extend into the foot). These areas typically bear most of the pressure and friction from standing and walking. As the callus thickens, it causes more pressure against the skin inside the shoe, causing pain.
HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT
Thickened areas of dead skin that may form on any part of the body. They can be painful when pushed down into live skin tissue.
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Bunions
DESCRIPTION
Hallux valgus, or bunions, are an enlargement of the joint at the base of the big toe (called the metatarsophalangeal or MTP joint) that forms when the bone or tissue of the big toe joint moves out of place. This causes the toe to bend toward the others, causing a painful lump of bone on the foot. The process can take a very long time to develop. Bunions can be the result of an injury that causes a normal person to walk in a different way, thus leading to the formation of a bunion. Bunions also develop because of hereditary abnormal foot types that cause the person to walk in a way that forms a bunion.
HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT
Since the abnormal foot types that cause bunions can be inherited, it is likely that if parents had bunions, their children would develop them also. Bunions form a characteristic bony prominence at the base of the MTP joint.
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