#Painful white spot on bottom of foot skin#
Over time, they can ulcerate the skin and can become infected. People who have diabetes should watch these areas carefully. The excessive pressure often forms a callus or thickening of the skin. Weight is not evenly distributed across the ball of the foot, and these areas absorb greater pressure. When this occurs, the weight-bearing force across the bottom of the foot is disturbed. When there is a mal-alignment of these bones, one or more of them may become propionate. These areas are due to a prominence of the long bone behind the toe called the metatarsal bone. Painful lumps in the ball of the foot are usually but not always associated with a thickening of the skin or callus. Rarely is surgery to remove only the lesion on the bottom of the toe alone, successful, because the cause of the initial problem still exists.Ģ. Treatment for the painful lesion in the bottom of the big toe joint consists of using functional foot orthosis to correct the functional limitation of the big toe joint motion or may consist of surgical correction of the hallux limitus. This condition is called hallux limitus or hallux rigidus. A bony mass may then form on the top of this joint as a result of jamming in the joint. This limitation of movement of the big toe while walking can, over, time create an arthritic condition in the joint. Testing the movement at the joint without putting weight on the foot will give a false impression as to the available movement at the joint while you are walking. If the big toe joint cannot be bent upward then a limitation of motion exists. There is a joint in the middle of the big toe and this is not the one you are checking.
The joint that must move is the joint where the toe attaches to the foot. While standing on a flat surface, have another person try to bend the big toe upward. One way to check to see if there is a limitation of movement of the big toe joint is to perform the following test. Over time, the excessive pressure can cause this area to break down and ulcerate. People who have diabetes must watch these areas closely. However, it is the limitation of movement in the big toe joint that causes the area to become enlarged and painful. Another cause is the presence of an extra bone or piece of cartilage in the area. As a consequence, there is excessive force placed on the bottom of the big toe and an enlargement of the bone in this area will occur secondary to the pressure. If there is limitation of movement at this joint, then the big toe cannot bend upward as the heel comes off the ground while walking.
The most common cause of this condition is a limitation of movement of the big toe joint while walking. Sometimes a hard lump may be felt beneath the callused area. This condition often presents itself as a hard callused area. Lumps and Bumps Bottom of the Big ToeĪ painful lump may be found on the bottom of the big toe. There are a number of different causes of lumps and bumps on the bottom of the foot. Lumps and Bumps on the Bottom of the Foot
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