The patient’s fourth toe is short, may be hereditary, the details are as follows: 1, will be hereditary: if the patient has a significant positive family history of hereditary disease, short toe deformity, may continue to be inherited to the next generation, at this time, should attach great importance to the impact of the disease on the next generation. 2, will not be hereditary: if it is a traumatic injury caused by the fourth toe is short, and will not cause hereditary changes, the traumatic injury is the result of acquired, and has nothing to do with genetic factors, the patient does not psychological pressure, this situation will not lead to genetic change. The trauma is acquired and has nothing to do with genetic factors, the patient should not have psychological pressure, this situation will not lead to heredity. Therefore, whether the shortness of the fourth toe is hereditary or not needs to be judged according to the family genetic history, if there is a significant family history of hereditary disease, it usually indicates that there is a possibility of heredity.