How to relieve toe pain? - Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics Network

How to relieve toe pain?

Toes are also a part of the human body. Many people may encounter toe pain when walking. This phenomenon is related to many factors, and may also be caused by some improper posture. Let's take a look at the causes of toe pain and the ways to relieve it.

First, the cause of toe pain

1, strain

The common cause of toe pain is wearing inappropriate shoes for a long time. The ligament of the toe is overstretched, causing toe pain. If this is the case, you should change a pair of comfortable and soft shoes and pay attention to rest. You can massage with local hot compress, and the symptoms will be effectively relieved.

2. Always wear pointed shoes or high-heeled pointed shoes.

The front of the foot is triangular, forcing the front of the foot to enter a narrow triangular area. In addition, the vamp is leather and has no elasticity, so the toes are forced to evert and the little toes are everted. Moreover, high-heeled shoes increase the pressure on the foot, and the ligaments at the joints are excessively elongated, resulting in valgus of the foot and thumb.

3, paronychia

If the patient's nails are infected by bacteria, purulent lesions will appear, which will form paronychia and cause toe pain. This situation requires local hot compress or physical therapy, and oral antibiotics to control infection.

4. Gouty arthritis

Gouty arthritis is one of the most common causes of toe pain. The main manifestations are redness, pain and other symptoms in the joints of the body. Gout is a metabolic disease, which is caused by the disorder of purine metabolism and the decrease of uric acid excretion in the body. If you suspect that you have ventilation, you need to go to the hospital to check uric acid. If uric acid exceeds the standard, it means gout. It can be treated by oral anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs and corticosteroids.

5. Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatism can also cause joint pain, and toe pain may also be caused by this disease. If rheumatism can be treated with Chinese herbal medicine, the effect is good. Usually, rheumatic active area can be controlled by intravenous drip of penicillin.

6. Genetic factors

Because of human differences, some people are born with defects in the bones and ligaments that make up their feet for genetic reasons. If such people walk or stand for a long time, they will cause toe pain. Thereby aggravating the condition.

Second, what should I do if my toes hurt?

1, ice compress

If the tendon starts to feel uncomfortable, cold compress can reduce inflammation. Apply reusable ice packs to sore tendons, or wrap a plastic bag filled with ice cubes, an unopened bag filled with frozen peas, or a resealable bag filled with frozen corn kernels with a thin towel. Ice the painful part for 5 ~ 10 minutes each time and 3 ~ 4 times a day until the symptoms disappear.

2, massage pain

Fill paper cups or styrofoam cups with cold water and put them in the refrigerator to make a good ice massager. When the water freezes, tear the edge of the cup and expose a layer of ice. Put a wet towel on the pain, and then apply ice. As the ice melts, the cup wall is torn open, exposing the ice layer.

3. Diet therapy

Try to reduce smoking and drinking, especially don't drink beer. Avoid eating a diet containing high purine. Purine is the most abundant in animal viscera, bone marrow and seafood. Fish and shrimp, meat, peas, spinach, etc. It also contains some purines. Fruits, vegetables, milk and eggs do not contain purine.

Step 4 drink plenty of water

Drink plenty of water, the amount of water per day is about 2000-3000ml, which is beneficial to the excretion of blood uric acid from the kidneys. You can usually get better and control your symptoms.

5. Exercise and have a good rest.

Have a good attitude, good habits of work and rest, go to bed early and get up early, and keep sleeping for eight hours every day. To actively exercise to control weight, gout is more common in obese middle-aged and elderly men.

6. Go to the hospital for regular check-ups.

Take medicine according to doctor's advice. Prevent gout complications. Acute pain can be treated with indomethacin, ibuprofen and colchicine tablets. Relieve the symptoms of joint pain. In addition, it is recommended to take baking soda orally to prevent gout stones.

7. Symptoms of gout attack

The main manifestations of acute gout attack are joint pain and swelling, and many joints are easily involved. The common attack sites are thumb joint, ankle joint and knee joint. Long-term gout patients have cases of finger joints and even auricles containing soft tissue.

If the disease recurs, it can develop into polyarthritis, with redness, swelling, heat, pain and limited movement of the affected joints. When the big joints are involved, there is often exudation, arthritis subsides, and the movement recovers completely. The local skin changes from redness to brownish red and gradually disappears completely, and sometimes desquamation and itching may occur, which is a unique symptom of the disease. The intermission can be months or years. Some patients only have 1 time in their lifetime, but most patients have 1 time.

Three, toe swelling and pain should pay attention to matters

1, drink plenty of water. Patients with high uric acid should drink more boiled water or light tea, and it is best to control the daily urine output at about 3000ml. You can use diuretic tea and barley porridge to reduce uric acid, and drink less hot drinks.

2. Try to choose foods with low purine content, and the daily purine intake should not exceed 300 mg. Low-purine foods include rice, corn, eggs, milk and various fruits and vegetables.

3. Eat less or not eat high-purity foods such as meat, fish, seafood, animal offal and bean products. It is suggested that the purine content of various common foods should be specially recorded to restrain the desire to eat.

4. Avoid eating too many calories. It is advisable to maintain an ideal weight in calorie intake. Obese or overweight people should reduce calorie intake and lose weight as soon as possible.

5, the purine in food will be greatly reduced after being cooked in boiling water. You can eat more cold salad and avoid drinking soup with high purine such as vegetable soup and hot pot soup.

6, patients with high uric acid also need to quit smoking and alcohol, alcohol and tobacco will lead to increased uric acid.

7, regularly check the uric acid concentration to the hospital, accomplish know fairly well, control the blood uric acid concentration.