Causes of little toe pain

You may not notice it when you are normally moving freely, but when problems occur in your feet that prevent you from moving around, you will realize how important a role your feet play in your daily life. There are also many problems with the feet, such as athlete's foot, corns, foot pain, itchy feet, etc. Although some of them don't seem to be a big problem, they can still cause inconvenience in movement. For example, today I want to talk about the pain in my little toe. If it rubs against the shoes, it will hurt when I walk. Let's talk about the reasons for the pain in the little toe!

What causes toe pain? Toe pain is mostly caused by gout.

Symptoms of gout attack:

The main symptoms of acute gout attacks are joint pain and swelling. Multiple joints are easily affected, and the common attack sites are the thumb joints, ankle joints, knee joints, etc. In patients with long-term gout, attacks may occur in the finger joints and even the soft tissue part of the ear.

If the disease recurs, it may develop into polyarthritis, with redness, swelling, heat, pain and limited movement of the affected joints. There is often exudation when large joints are affected. The arthritis subsides, the movement is completely restored, the local skin changes from redness and swelling to brown-red and gradually disappears completely. Sometimes desquamation and itching may occur, which are unique symptoms of this disease. The interval period may be several months or years. Some patients only have one attack in their lifetime, but most patients relapse within one year, with one or several attacks per year.

If you suffer from gout, you must choose a regular hospital for systematic treatment as soon as possible.

Repeated attacks of gout can lead to the appearance of tophi. Over time, the tophi increase in number and size, and are easily ruptured to discharge white urate crystals. Due to permanent joint deformity, daily activities are affected, causing great pain to patients. Urate is continuously deposited in the kidneys to form kidney stones. Clinically, edema, oliguria, proteinuria, increased nocturia, hypertension, anemia, etc. appear, indicating that renal function is damaged and renal function is significantly reduced. If the disease progresses further, irreversible renal failure will occur and become life-threatening.