What is the reason for a hard lump growing between toes?

The feet are a relatively important part of our body. If there is a problem with the feet, it will easily affect normal walking and life. The appearance of hard bumps between the toes is also a very common symptom for many people. There are many reasons for the appearance of hard bumps between the toes. This may be due to corns or symptoms caused by friction of the feet. Pay more attention to the hygiene of your feet.

What causes hard bumps between toes ?

The hard objects are probably corns, which are localized, cone-shaped keratin hyperplasia caused by long-term pressure and friction on the skin of the foot. Commonly known as "meat thorn". It is more likely to occur in people who stand or walk for long periods of time, and friction and pressure are the main causes.

The root cause of corns

Corns are cone-shaped thickening of the stratum corneum caused by long-term friction and pressure. Corns are cone-shaped keratin plugs embedded in the skin, generally ranging in size from a needle tip to a soybean or larger, with a smooth surface that is level with the skin surface or slightly raised, and are light yellow or dark yellow and translucent. The tip of the cone extends into the skin, forming a wedge shape, and the bottom is flat and exposed outside the skin. If the keratin on the surface is scraped off with force, a hard needle-like keratin plug can be seen in the center, with a circle of transparent light yellow ring around it, shaped like a corn. Most of them are 1-2, occasionally multiple. Generally, they are not easy to heal on their own, but if the causative factors are removed. It can also disappear naturally. You can also use Jiyouqingle for external use directly, after soaking your feet in hot water every day.

Hard corns often occur on the soles of the feet, the outside of the little toes, the back of the toes, and other bony protrusions or places that are easily subjected to pressure and friction. They are round or oval in shape. The surface is flat, hard and light yellow in color, and its tip can reach deep into the papillary layer of the skin. When standing or walking, it often causes severe pain due to compression of the sensory nerve endings in the papillary layer, making it difficult to walk.

Soft corns often occur on one toe between two adjacent toes. Due to moisture, they become softened and become grayish white and have a foul odor.

Many people who suffer from corns and calluses always attribute the cause to inappropriate shoes. Are corns and insoles squeezed by shoes? Can changing a pair of shoes improve the symptoms?

Clinical studies have confirmed that once corns and calluses appear, it indicates that the local bone structure has changed. Like corns, they are caused by the bending and deformation of the toes. Instep often occurs on the sole of the foot and is caused by the collapse of the second metatarsal head and excessive stress on the sole of the foot.

What is worrying is that many people now deal with corns and calluses on their own. Some people trim their own pedicures at home or go to a public bath to have their pedicure performed by a pedicurist. Once pedicure equipment is not sterilized or disinfected incompletely, it can easily lead to cross infection. Diabetics should be more careful not to trim corns and calluses.

1. Choose suitable and loose shoes to avoid foot deformities.

2. When you feel that a part of your foot is squeezed and rubbed, you should promptly use podiatric braces such as corn pads, toe straighteners, toe separators, toe caps, etc. to reduce friction and squeezing.

3. When corns and calluses form on the soles of the feet, you can wear specific or non-specific orthopedic insoles to change the force on the soles of the feet to reduce friction.

4. Soak your feet frequently: Develop the habit of soaking your feet in hot water every night to soften corns and calluses.