What’s wrong with heel pain and toe pain?

There are many causes of heel pain and toe pain, such as Achilles tendonitis, bone spurs, plantar fasciitis, trauma and gout. 1. Achilles tendonitis: mostly seen in middle-aged and old people. The main manifestation is pain in the heel, which is generally aseptic inflammation. It is necessary to reduce walking activities and increase rest time. 2. Achilles tendon spur: most patients are elderly, manifested by pain symptoms worsened when walking. 3. Plantar fasciitis: the main manifestation is the initial walking pain or morning pain, and the symptoms are relieved after walking. 4. Foot trauma: there is a clear history of trauma, pain and swelling in the injured area after the trauma, and further imaging examination is needed to exclude the possibility of combined fracture. 5. Gout: a metabolic disease, due to the body’s uric acid metabolism disorder, uric acid deposition in the toes and ankle joints, causing local pain and swelling and other lesions. It can be manifested as heel and toe pain, with unilateral big toe, the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint is the most common, whenever eating seafood and other foods or aggravated after exertion. Diagnosis can be confirmed by testing serum uric acid levels and X-ray. Other possible causes of heel and toe pain include tuberculosis of the heel bone and bone tumors. Heel and toe pain symptoms should be promptly to the regular hospital to avoid delay.