I bet you find bunions. I've made this a woman's fate. Men get bunions too, but women with bunions outnumber men by a factor of 9 to 1. Your wife can control pain by wearing shoes with enough width to comfortably accommodate her toes and her bunions. Protective pads, found in all pharmacies, prevent bunion irritation and bunion enlargement.
Surgery can permanently resolve the problem and can realign the big toe.
If your wife's days are filled with bunion misery, she ought to at least inquire about surgical correction. The booklet on relief and care of the feet describes the many disasters that bedevil the feet. Please allow four weeks for delivery. I was told that metals in antiperspirants cause Alzheimer's disease. At one time, many believed that aluminum found in antiperspirants and cooking utensils made its way to the brain and lead to Alzheimer's disease.