Thick and painful bunion nails can be caused by diseases such as onychomycosis, onychomycosis, and congenital onychomycosis.
1. Inguguinitis: Inguinitis is caused by bacterial infection after trauma to the tissues around the nail. The main symptoms of patients are redness and swelling around the nail, pain, nail plate hypertrophy, abscesses, etc., so patients will have the phenomenon of thickening of the big toe nails and pain.
2. Onychomycosis: Onychomycosis is caused by dermatophyte infection, and patients will have symptoms such as thickening of the nails, loss of nails, change of nail color, etc., and some patients will have nail pain. As a result, patients will show thickened and painful big toe nails.
3. Congenital Thick Nail Syndrome: Congenital Thick Nail Syndrome is caused by congenital heredity, and the typical symptoms of the patients are significant hypertrophy of the nails, hyperhidrosis, and follicular keratinization transitional lesions, etc. Therefore, the patients will have thickened bunion nails, and they will have pain when they are wearing shoes and squeezing them.
Patients with symptoms of thickened bunion nails and pain should seek medical attention to identify the cause of the problem and under the guidance of a doctor. It is recommended that patients maintain foot hygiene and try to wear breathable and loose shoes and socks.