Can metatarsophalangeal arthritis be cured?

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Metatarsophalangeal arthritis is a common arthritis, we usually have some bad habits in life, which causes some physical diseases, such as many women like to wear high heels, so it is easy to suffer from metatarsophalangeal arthritis, can metatarsophalangeal arthritis be cured? Let's talk about it

Can metatarsophalangeal arthritis be cured?

Soft claw toe, its correction is similar to soft hammer toe. But the requirement of soft tissue release of metatarsophalangeal joint is higher. Sometimes it is necessary to extend the flexor digitorum longus tendon to correct the flexion deformity of distal interphalangeal joint. The treatment of rigid claw toe is similar to that of rigid hammer toe, but the requirements for soft tissue release and metatarsal shortening of metatarsophalangeal joint are higher than that of rigid hammer toe.

If conservative treatment fails, surgical treatment is feasible to correct the deformity. However, there will be a certain degree of stiffness or deformity recurrence of metatarsophalangeal joint or proximal interphalangeal joint after correction.

Non operative methods can relieve many symptoms caused by toe deformity. Changing shoes, using orthosis or simple pad and spacer can not correct the deformity, but it can reduce the pressure. Increasing the depth of the toe tip can reduce the pressure on the back of hammer toe, mallet toe and claw toe.

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The choice of treatment, whether surgical or non-surgical treatment, is based on the severity of the patient's metatarsophalangeal arthritis and the patient's own physical quality as the standard, can not be blindly decided, so the patient must go to a professional hospital.