A bunion is a condition in which a bony bump occurs on the joint at the area of your big toe. It forms when a few of the bones in the top part of your feet move out of the place. This leads to the tip of the big toe being pulled toward the smaller toes and also forces your joint at the area of your big toe to remain stuck. The skin above the bunion may be sore and red. Wearing narrow, tight shoes may give rise to bunions or even make them worse. Bunions may also form as a result of the foot shape, a medical situation, such as arthritis, or a foot deformity.Therefore, smaller bunions or bunionettes might form on the joint of your smaller toe. Bunions are also known as hallux valgus. The pressure from your foot shape or the way you walk might give rise to a bunion, a quite painful bony lump on the outer part of your toe. Narrow or tight shoes and standing for a long time might form bunion pain even worse. if bunion pads, better-fitting shoes, and toe spacers do not help, then you might need surgery (a bunionectomy). A bunion is a lump that develops on the outer side of your big toe.
This foot deformity happens from years of the big toe joint pressure (the MTP joint, or metatarsophalangeal). Even though, the toe joint removes a bony bump forms and alignment. The medical statement for bunions is hallux abducto valgus. However, more than 1 in 3 Americans are suffering from bunions. The foot condition is most occurring, in elder people, especially in women. Bunions might form on each or both feet. Bunions form slowly as the pressure on your joint at the big toe base leads to the toe getting out of the place, bending inward to the second toe. (1)
Because such joint carries a lot of weight while activities such as walking and standing, bunions might give rise to stiffness, foot pain, swelling, and redness. Calluses might develop where your big toe and second toe touch together or on the foot ball. Unless they are cured, bunions may get worse over time and it might get difficult to walk without pain or wear regular shoes. Bunions might occur in each or both feet. However, in many cases, bunions occur in adult age. Rarely, children might be born having bunions (also known as congenital hallux valgus) or form them in later years of childhood (known as an adolescent or juvenile hallux valgus).
A bunion develops at your joint. By that time, the big toe base pushes outside against your first metatarsal bone that is behind it directly. That is where your toe bends usually when you try to walk. But when you are having a bunion, all of the body weight rests on it each time you try to put a step forward. It may hurt while you are walking. And, because the shoe likely rubs against it, a bunion might also give rise to calluses developing.