"There is no highest, only higher" is the ultimate pursuit of high-heeled shoes by entertainment female stars. The consequence of this trend into ordinary people's homes is that the waterproof platform high-heeled shoes with the height comparable to the stilts have become the popular shoes in the streets recently, but it also causes the foot injury patients in the orthopedics department of the hospital to increase.

Experts say that more and more women who like to wear high-heeled shoes or pointed shoes have hallux valgus. This kind of foot injury caused by wearing high-heeled shoes and pointed shoes for a long time is only foot pain at first. Many people think that the foot pain is not a disease, but can be tolerated, but if it continues, it can develop into toe deformity, and even simple walking becomes difficult.

Hallux valgus is a progressive process

Hallux valgus is a common disease in urban women. It is often associated with improper shoes and flat feet. Flatfoot also has an obvious genetic tendency, which is usually found in female members of the family. However, the foothold of hallux valgus is still that women like to wear high-heeled shoes.

Song Weidong, an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat sen University, said that the heel is not easy to be fixed due to the high, sharp and narrow heels, which will not only affect the extension and activity of the toes, but also cause discomfort and pain, and damage the function of the original three footholds. When walking, the weight of the whole body falls on the front of the foot, and the toes will Because of the body weight compression gradually deformation, will cause hallux valgus phenomenon. Hallux valgus is not a single lesion, as its name implies, but is often a compound deformity of the foot sequence with other toe deformities and symptoms.

Hallux valgus is a progressive process. Song Weidong pointed out that in the early stage, hallux valgus can be manifested as redness, swelling and pain around the toe joint of the foot. At this time, most patients may find that their hallux joint is slightly enlarged, affecting the appearance. Although in the early stage, in addition to the appearance is not beautiful, it is difficult to select shoes and easy to damage the shape of shoes, it has not brought too many discomfort symptoms to people. But with the passage of time, if not treated in time, the degree of hallux valgus deformity will become more serious, such as pollicis, plantar fasciitis, hammer claw toe corns, foot pads, flatfoot, transverse arch collapse and so on. These complications not only affect foot function, produce pain, but also affect life and work.

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