Author: Foot Doc
Date: 4/6/2007 2:42 pm PDT
|
DISCLAIMER:
THE FOLLOWING IS OFFERED GRATIS AS GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY, AND, AS SUCH, MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONER AND/OR HIS/HER PROBLEM. IT IS CLEARLY NOT BASED ON ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE AND/OR EXAMINATION OF THE QUESTIONER OR HIS/HER MEDICAL HISTORY, AND IT CAN NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS DEFINITIVE MEDICAL OPINION OR ADVICE. ONLY THROUGH HANDS- ON PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE ACTUAL PATIENT CAN ACCURATE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS BE ESTABLISHED AND SPECIFIC ADVICE BE GIVEN. NO DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IS CREATED OR ESTABLISHED OR MAY BE INFERRED. THE QUESTIONER AND/OR READER IS INSTRUCTED TO CONSULT HIS OR HER OWN DOCTOR BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY SUGGESTIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, AND TO ACT ONLY UPON HIS/HER OWN DOCTOR’S ORDERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. BY THE READING OF MY POSTING WHICH FOLLOWS, THE READER STIPULATES AND CONFIRMS THAT HE/SHE FULLY UNDERSTANDS THIS DISCLAIMER AND HOLDS HARMLESS THIS WRITER. IF THIS IS NOT FULLY AGREEABLE TO YOU, THE READER, AND/OR YOU HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 18 YEARS, YOU HEREBY ARE ADMONISHED TO READ NO FURTHER.
***********************************************************
In order to reply to your question, I will have to assume, whether correct or not, that whomever diagnosed your problem as a corn did so accurately. Actual corns most commonly form beneath the great toe nail, and on those occasions are more often than not due to a spur or exostosis of the distal phalanx of the toe. Such a situation could also occur on the 5th toe, but more commonly keratoses in the area of the 5th toe nail are the result of the clockwise rotation of that toe, causing the area of the toenail to sustain pressure from the toe box of the shoe. It is not uncommon that in such cases the entire toe nail is either deformed or absent, with the result that what might appear to be a toenail is actually mostly keratosis.
Not knowing your specific situation, I cannot accurately comment on what needs to be done, but it could range from trimming down and padding of the keratosis to removal of any underlying spur that might be present. It is possible to surgically de-rotate the toe if that is a pertinent factor, but that is probably more treatment than is necessary.
|
|
