FINGERS OF HAMMER
Disease information
FINGERS OF HAMMER
The
fingers
of
hammer
also known as
fingers
in claw or
fingers
in mallet, are
a
deformity in which one or more toes are flexionan and bent acquiring the appearance of
a
claw.
This
problem
almost
always affects the second
finger
, although also they can be seen affected others, with which smallest they bend and they tighten to
each
other causing serious
problems
when walking and continuous and very annoying colors.
Due to curvature of
finger
, is
common
that it appears an eye of fish in the prominent part of the flexion, that causes intense pain when pressing the nerve, which happens to the use of any shoe.
This
problem
can begin from the
childhood
and can be caused by some hereditary abnormality in the alignment of the bones of metatarso and the excessive extension of the joint.
Nevertheless, also it can appear in the adult age and is caused
almost
always because the footwear does not fit of correct way. This
problem
is more frequent in people than they use high heels, since the
weight
is distributed of irregular form between the
fingers
.
The
hammer
finger
also can appear as
a
result of the
muscular
and
nervous
deterioration that happens for example in neurological cases of
diabetes
, accidents cerebrovasculares, upheavals like ataxia of Friedreich, by the shortening of the heel of Aquilles or by
a
weakness of previous the tibial
muscle
, whose sinews cross the back of the foot. In many cases, this
problem
is associated with calluses,
eyes of fish
,
arthritis
and
obesity
.
This
problem
that is recognized easily, can mainly be dealt using the correct shoe and with medicines injected like lidocaína or cortisone in some cases. The use of special groups of designed
plastic
or metal for
each
person alleviates to the pressure of the
fingers
as well as the patches or cushions of foam of látex, fustán or skin of lamb.
Sometimes
a
surgery is necessary, that it is made in the medical doctor's office and with local anesthesia. This procedure is carried out to cut the sinews and to
release
to the soft weave when relaxing the
finger
. When the sinews heal the ends return to be united and they are extended, which allows that they make his
function
to stretch and to contract the
finger
of
normal
form. In very extreme cases
a
fragment of bone of metatarso can only be extirpated,
but
in any case, it is important that this surgery makes
a
doctor
who
has
experience in this type of cases.
In order to prevent the
fingers
with
hammer
, he is recommendable:
To use shoes that fit well and to consider that the feet grow with the age, reason why is necessary to
change
them as soon as it feels that they tighten
a
little.
To buy shoes during afternoon, when the feet are
a
little swollen by the work during the
morning
.
To avoid the use of high and pointed heels every day.
To walk barefoot the greater possible time.
To use shoes with strap in case of suffering
fingers
of
hammer
, not to press more of the due thing.
IMPORTANT the content of this note is informative and it does not replace the medical diagnosis, reason why we do not become people in
charge
by its use.
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