Morton's neuroma history and symptoms
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mohsin, M.D.[2]
Overview
Symptoms include: pain on weight bearing, frequently after only a short time; the pain is felt as a shooting pain affecting the contiguous halves of two toes. Burning, numbness and parasthesia may also be experienced.
History and Symptoms
Symptoms of morton's neuroma include:
- Most common symptom is pain in the affected area caused by pressure on the enlarged section of nerve where it passes between the metatarsal heads, and is squeezed between them
- Pain has the following characteristics:
- Occurs mostly on weight bearing
- Occurs frequently after only a short time
- Affects the contiguous halves of two toes
- Nature of pain maybe any of the following:
- Shooting
- Burning
- Stabbing
- Raw
- Gnawing
- Sickening sensations
- numbness
- parasthesia
- Classically the 3rd digital space between the 3rd and 4th toes is affected, but the condition can occasionally occur in the 2nd and 3rd interdigital space. The pain is caused by . The first toe is usually not involved. Neuroma in the 4th/5th interdigital space is described, but is extremely rare.