Introduction: Bunions
Bunions: Bony growth on the big toe.
Bunions: A bunion forms when your big toe slants toward the small toes and the place between the bones near the base of your big toe grows big. This spot can get red, sore, and infected. Bunions can form on one or both feet. Pointy shoes may cause bunions. Bunions often run in the family. Surgery can remove bunions.1
Researching symptoms of Bunions: Further information about the symptoms of Bunions is available including a list of symptoms of Bunions, or alternatively return to research other symptoms in the symptom center.
Treatments for Bunions: Various information is available about treatments available for Bunions, or research treatments for other diseases.
Causes of Bunions: Research more detailed information about the causes of Bunions, other possibly hidden causes of Bunions, or other general information about Bunions.
Statistics and Bunions:
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Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Keep Your Feet and Skin Healthy: NIDDK
Last revision: May 26, 2003
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