Sometimes these medicines reduce the need for surgery, but check with your doctor before using them. Warts are skin growths caused by viruses. They are sometimes painful and, if untreated, may spread. A doctor can apply medicines, burn or freeze the wart off, or take the wart off with surgery. Bunions develop when the joints in your big toe no longer fit together as they should and become swollen and tender.
Bunions tend to run in families.
If a bunion is not severe, wearing shoes cut wide at the instep and toes, taping the foot, or wearing pads that cushion the bunion may help the pain. Other treatments include physical therapy and wearing orthotic devices or shoe inserts. A doctor can also prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs and cortisone injections for pain. Sometimes surgery is needed to relieve the pressure and repair the toe joint. Ingrown toenails occur when a piece of the nail breaks the skin - which can happen if you don't cut your nails properly.