Pain around the bunion may be caused by ill-fitting shoes, trauma, metabolic disease, etc. General treatment, medication or surgery is needed to treat the cause.
If the pain around the bunion is caused by poorly fitted shoes, it is important to wear soft, properly sized shoes to help relieve the symptoms.
For bunion injuries, if the symptoms are mild, attention should be paid to immobilizing the bunion to help the affected area rest, and if a comminuted fracture occurs, timely surgical treatment is needed.
For metabolic diseases caused by, such as gout, through dietary adjustments, reduce the source of purine in food, strictly limit the intake of high-purine foods, such as animal offal, seafood and meat, etc.; can comply with the doctor’s instructions for oral administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as etoricoxib, which can help to control the inflammation; allopurinol, febuxostat and other uric acid-lowering medications, which can help to alleviate the symptoms.
It is recommended that people with pain in the little toe of the foot go to a regular hospital in time to clarify the cause and standardize the treatment under the guidance of the doctor.