Common causes of forefoot pain include trauma, plantar fasciitis, lumbar disc herniation, gouty arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteophytes, etc. If forefoot pain persists, it is recommended to seek medical attention promptly.
1. Trauma: If the patient’s forefoot is hit by the outside world, it is easy to cause the muscles, bones and ligaments at the forefoot to be damaged, which in turn generates pain.
2. Plantar Fasciitis: Repeated abrasion of the forefoot or wearing ill-fitting shoes for a long period of time may induce aseptic inflammation of the plantar fascia, which in turn may cause pain in the forefoot.
3. Lumbar disc herniation: degenerative changes in the lumbar intervertebral discs compressing the peripheral nerves will cause pain and numbness in the lumbar region and lower limbs, and the pain may also radiate to the forefoot.
4. Gouty arthritis: patients with gouty arthritis will cause urate deposition in the ankle and foot, when the body’s uric acid level rises, causing the small joints and synovial membrane in the forefoot, it may cause pain.
5. Rheumatoid arthritis: this is an autoimmune disease that can occur in multiple joints throughout the body, when an acute attack, affecting the toe joints, redness, swelling and pain in the forefoot can occur.
6. Osteomalacia: Human bones will undergo degenerative changes with age, and bone spurs may be generated in the bones of the forefoot, which will cause pain when they irritate the surrounding nerves and tissues.
There are many causes of forefoot pain, if the symptoms of forefoot pain continue to be unrelieved, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to identify the cause of the disease, the doctor targeted treatment.