Yu gɛt wan lump na yu big fut? Mek wi tok abaut dis bunion (Hallux Valgus)!

Yu dɔn ɛva notis wan smɔl bon we tan lɛk bɔmp we kɔmɔt na di say we yu big fut de? I go mɔs bi se yusɛf dɔn ɛkspiriɛns dis, ɔ yu dɔn si pɔsin we yu sabi du am. Dis na wetin wi kin kɔl ‘bunion’. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis smɔl smɔl tide, bikɔs i de afɛkt bɔku pipul dɛn.

Wetin na bunion? Wetin rili na Hallux Valgus?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, bunion na bon spur we de divɛlɔp na di bays pan yu big fut, di jɔyn usay di tɔ de kɔnɛkt to di leg, we dɛn kɔl di mɛtatarsophalangeal jɔyn (MTP jɔyn) . I tan lɛk smɔl bɔmp we tan lɛk bɔl. Bɔku tɛm i kin de na di insay pat pan di big fut. Fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn, wi kin kɔl dis Hallux Valgus .

Imajin, dɛn de pul yu big fut smɔl smɔl to di ɔda fut finga dɛn, dɔn da jɔyn de kɔmɔt na do. Dɛn kɔl da tin de we de kɔmɔt na do bunion.

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Difrɛn kayn buniɔn dɛn de?

Yɛs, fɔ tru, bɔku kayn buniɔn dɛn de. di tכp we wi kin si mכst na di wan we de divεlכp bikoz fכ prεshכn pan di big tכ. Bɔt, buniɔn kin divɛlɔp bak pan ɔda fut finga dɛn ɛn fɔ ɔda rizin dɛn. Na sɔm pan di kayn dɛn ya:

• Congenital Hallux Valgus: Dis kin tan lɛk strenj, bɔt sɔm pikin dɛn kin bɔn wit bunions. Dis na wan sik we de de frɔm we dɛn bɔn am.
• Juvenile or Adolescent Hallux Valgus: Dis na di kayn bunions we kin apin to pikin ɛn yɔŋ pipul dɛn we nɔ rich 18 ia yet.Di sik kin apin bak pan dis ej.
• Tailor’s Bunion ɔ Bunionette: Dis kin apin na di say we yu smɔl fut de . Nɔ sɔprayz wit di nem, i gɛt in nem bikɔs tayla dɛn bin de sidɔm na di sem pozishɔn fɔ awa dɛn wan tɛm, ɛn dis kin mek dɛn big fut kɔmprɛs. Bɔku tɛm dis kin apin bikɔs yu wɛr sus we nɔ fit ɔ yu de du tin dɛn we de push yu big fut pan di ɔda fut finga dɛn.

Aw kכmכn dεn kin kכl dis kכndyushכn bunion?

Dis kin rili kɔmɔn pas aw yu go tink. Risach dɔn sho se na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika, na lɛk wan pan ɛvri tri pipul dɛn gɛt buniɔn. Yu kin si dis sik bak na wi kɔntri, mɔ pan uman dɛm ɛn yu kin si am de bɔku wit di ej.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm we de sho se pɔsin gɛt bunion?

Bɔrku tɛm di big sayn na di lump we de na di bays pan di big fut. Yu kin si am ɛn fil am. Apat frɔm dat, ɔda sayn dɛn kin de lɛk:

• Pen ɔ stiffness na di big tɔ. I kin at jɔs we yu tinap ɔ ivin we yu de waka.
• I kin swel ɛn rɛd rawnd di lump.
• Sɔntɛnde , di kɔlɔ kin chenj ɔ di rɛd rɛd .
• Nɔ ebul fɔ bɛn ɔ muv di big fut fayn fayn wan. Sɔntɛnde, yu kin gɛt bɔn we yu de bɛn di fut.
• I nɔ izi fɔ wɛr sɔm kayn sus , ɔ i kin mek i fil pen mɔ we yu wɛr sus. Dis kin notis mɔ we yu wɛr smɔl smɔl sus na di fɔs pat.
• Kɔn ɔ kɔlus na tin dɛn we de gro na di skin we tik. Dɛn tin ya kin apin na di bunion ɔ bitwin di fut finga dɛn.
• di hama tεndon na wan kכndyushכn we di jכint dεm εn di tεndon dεm na di fut finga dεm stif εn bεn, i lεk wan Akilis tεndon. Di bunion kin mek bak di ɔda fut finga dɛn chenj shep.
• Numbness arawnd di big fut.

Wetin mek wi kin gɛt bunions?

I rili at fɔ se na jɔs wan rizin de we mek bunions de divɛlɔp. I kin bi wan kɔmbaynshɔn fɔ bɔku rizin dɛn . Tink bɔt am lɛk wan chen we gɛt tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit dɛnsɛf.

Di men tin dɛm wae kin afɛkt na:

• Famili istri: If pɔsin na yu famili, lɛk yu mama, papa, grani, ɔ granpa gɛt bɔnɔn, yu go gɛt am bak. Dis na sɔntin we kɔmɔt frɔm jin.
• di bon dεm we nכ de nכmal: sכm pipul dεn kin gεt bכn biכs fכ di we aw dεn bon dεm arenj na dεn leg.
• Shoe choice: Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl ɛn na wan we wi kin kɔntrol. Ɛspɛshali fɔ uman dɛn, ay il ɛn smɔl tɔ bɔks dɛn kin put bɔku prɛshɔn pan di big fut, ɛn dɛn kin push am to di ɔda fut finga dɛn. If dis apin fɔ lɔng tɛm, wan bunion kin kam.
• Di we aw yu de waka (Fut mɛkanik): Yu fut mɛkanik, dat na di we aw yu de put yu fut na grɔn, kin afɛkt bak di we aw yu de put wet pan yu fut.
• Sɔm inflammatory conditions: Fɔ ɛgzampul, pipul dɛm wae gɛt joyn sik lɛk rεumatoid arthritis ɔ lupus kin gɛt bɔrku risk fɔ gɛt bunions.
• Fɔ tinap fɔ lɔng tɛm ɔ fɔ du wok dɛn we de put bɔku wet pan yu leg.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, yu big tɔ jɔyn de ɔnda prɛshɔn ɔltɛm fɔ lɔng tɛm (sɔntɛm fɔ lɔng tɛm). Wetin kin apin na dat di prɛshɔn kin push yu jɔyn fɔ go bifo smɔl smɔl ɛn pul am go to di ɔda fut finga dɛn. Afta sɔm tɛm, as yu fut de strɛch lɛk dat, wan lump de fɔm na di MTP jɔyn as yu bɔdi de tray fɔ ajɔst.

Udat de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt bunions?

Enibodi kin divεlכp bunions, bכt sכm grup dεm de pan hכy risk:

• Fɔ uman dɛn: Uman dɛn kin gɛt bɔnɔn pas man dɛn. Bɔku tɛm, di tayt, pɔynt-tɔ sus we dɛn kin wɛr na fashɔn kin bi wan kɔz, nɔto so?
• Jɛnɛtik inflɔwɛns : As wi bin dɔn tɔk, if mama ɛn papa gɛt bunions ɔ ɔda prɔblɛm wit dɛn fut, dɛn pikin dɛnsɛf kin gɛt am. Dɛn dɔn si se pas 70% pan di pipul dɛm wae gɛt bunions gɛt mama ɛn papa dɛm wae gɛt dis sik bak.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we bin dɔn wund dɛn leg trade: Pipul dɛn we kin wund dɛn leg bɔku tɛm, lɛk atlet dɛn, dɛnsɛf kin gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm.

Yu tink se bunion kin mek ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn?

Yɛs, we yu gɛt bunion, i kin mek yu gɛt ɔda tin dɛn lɛk:

• Bursitis: Dis na we di sak dɛm we ful-ɔp wit wata we de rawnd di joyn dɛm, we dɛn kɔl bursa, kin inflam ɛn pen. We dis kin apin oba wan bunion, di pen kin wɔs.
• Hama tכd dεm: bikoz di big tכd de εkstεn, di sεkכn εn tכd tכd dεm kin εksεnd bak εn bεn lεk hama.
• Ɔstiɔ-arayt: Dis min se di jɔyn dɛn kin west ɛn rɔtin. wan bunion kin mek di katilej na di MTP joyn wear dכn, we kin mek i gεt at at.

Aw yu go no fɔ tru if yu gɛt bunion?

Dɔktɔ go du yu bɔdi ɛgzam fɔ no if yu gɛt bunion. I go luk yu fut, fil yu big fut, ɛn aks yu bɔt yu sik dɛn. Yu go nid fɔ tɔk klia wan bɔt aw lɔng yu dɔn gɛt di bɔnɔn, us tin dɛn we yu de du we de mek i wɔs, ɛn if ɛnibɔdi na yu famili gɛt dis sik.

Yu kin nid bak fɔ go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu fut, we na dɔktɔ we spɛshal pan prɔblɛm wit yu fut.

Us tɛst dɛn kin du fɔ no if yu gɛt bunion?

Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn nɔr nid fɔ du ɛni big tɛst fɔ no if yu gɛt bunion. Bɔt yu dɔktɔ kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn tek ɛkstrem rayt fɔ luk usay di bon dɛn na yu fut de, aw fa yu big fut de we yu kɔmpia am wit di ɔda fut finga dɛn, ɛn aw di MTP jɔyn de. X-ray na di wangren we fɔ no di sik kɔrɛkt wan, mɔ if dɛn de tink bɔt ɔpreshɔn.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ bunions?

Tritmɛnt fɔ buniɔn de dipen pan di lɛvɛl we yu gɛt pen, di saiz fɔ di buniɔn, ɛn aw i de afɛkt yu ɛvride layf. Luk, sɔm tin dɛn de we wi kin du wisɛf.

• Chenj yu sus: Dis na di fɔs tin we yu fɔ du. If yu chenj to sus we gɛt wayd ɛn dip bɔks dɛn na yu fut, dat kin mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku prɛshɔn pan yu fut finga dɛn. Nɔ put sus we gɛt pɔynt ɛn tayt. Di tin dɛn de bak we yu kin yuz fɔ strɛch we kin ɛp yu fɔ mek di sus dɛn we yu dɔn ɔlrɛdi wɛr, big.
• Bunion pad ɛn tep: Dɛn kin put bunion pad, we dɛn kin gɛt na famasi, rawnd di bunion fɔ ridyus di prɛshɔn ɛn frikshɔn frɔm di shuz. Yu dɔktɔ kin se yu fɔ yuz mɛdikal tep fɔ ol yu fut finga dɛn na dɛn ples.
• Ɔtotik divays dɛn: Ɔtotik na tin dɛn we dɛn kin put insay yu sus fɔ sɔpɔt yu fut. Dɛn tin ya kin bi ɔtotik dɛn we dɛn kin bay na kɔt ɔ tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ put insay. Yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu bak fɔ put smɔl say bitwin yu big fut ɛn yu sɛkɔn fut. Yu kin nid fɔ yuz splint bak fɔ mek yu big fut stret we yu nɔ wɛr sus (espɛshali na nɛt).
• Di tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ fil pen : Nɔn-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) , lɛk ibuprofen , kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di pen ɛn swɛlin. Dɛn kin tek dɛn tin ya as pils ɔ as NSAID we dɛn kin put pan pɔsin in bɔdi. Bɔt mɛmba se, nɔ tek NSAID fɔ pas 10 dez wan tɛm we yu nɔ gɛt dɔktɔ advays.
• Ays: If yu put ays pak pan di finga we de pen fɔ 15-20 minit bɔku tɛm insay di de, dat kin mek yu fil fri bak. Bɔt nɔ put di ays pak dairekt pan di skin, bɔt rap am wit tin klos.
• Kɔtikosterɔyd injɛkshɔn: If di swɛlin ɛn pen rili, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu kɔtikosterɔyd injɛkshɔn insay di bunion. Dis na mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin gi pɔsin we kin ridyus di inflamɛns kwik kwik wan .
• Fizik tritmɛnt : Yu kin woke wit fizik thɛrapist fɔ mek yu leg mɔsul dɛn strɔng, fɔ mek yu jɔyn dɛn muv mɔ ɛn mɔ, ɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ fil pen. Dɛn kin tich yu fɔ du ɛksɛsayz ɛn fɔ strɛch fɔ ɛp fɔ mek yu fut finga dɛn kɔntinyu fɔ de.
• Ɔpreshɔn :If ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn nɔ ɛp fɔ sɔm mɔnt, ɔ if di pen so bad dat yu nɔ ebul fɔ waka ɔ du di tin dɛn we yu kin du ɛvride bikɔs ɔf di bunion, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du ɔpreshɔn fɔ kɔrɛkt di bunion . Bɔku kayn ɔpreshɔn dɛn de. Yu dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de du ɔpreshɔn go tɛl yu di kayn ɔpreshɔn we yu nid ɛn di ditil dɛn.

Yu tink se bunions kin bɛtɛ fɔ dɛnsɛf?

Nɔ, buniɔn nɔ de wɛl fɔ dɛnsɛf, ɛn yu nɔ go ebul fɔ trit am fɔ yusɛf. Bunion na we di bon dεm de chenj. Fɔ mek yu ebul fɔ chenj am, yu nid dɔktɔ fɔ ɛp yu. If yu gɛt bunion, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu fut. Na da tɛm de nɔmɔ dɛn go ebul fɔ no di sik fayn fayn wan ɛn bigin fɔ gi yu tritmɛnt we go mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik.

Yu tink se dɛn kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt bunion?

biכs di buniכn kin divεlכp fכ difrεn rizin dεm (especially di jεnεtik fכs), i at fכ mek dεn kכmplit. Bɔt if yu wɛr sus we fit yu fayn fayn wan ɛn yu de liv yu layf we fayn fɔ yu fut, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek di buniɔn dɛn slo ɔ mek i nɔ wɔs. Jɛnɛral wan, fala dɛn advays ya fɔ pik sus we fit ɛn fayn fɔ yu fut:

• Nɔ wɛr sus we tu smɔl, we pɔynt, ɛn ay il – mɔ if i pinch yu fut finga dɛn. Dis na yu big ɛnimi dɛn!
• Ivin if yu no yu sus saiz, tray fɔ wɛr bɔku sus fɔ fɛn di wan we fit yu pas ɔl . Na bikɔs nɔto ɔl di sus dɛn kin gɛt di sem saiz, frɔm wan brand to ɔda wan.
• Bifo yu bay nyu sus , tray fɔ wɛr am bay we yu sidɔm, tinap, ɛn waka rawnd smɔl . Chek fɔ si if yu fut finga dɛn de at, dɛn de pinch, ɔ pinch ɛni we. Smɔl ples fɔ de bitwin di sus ɛn yu fut we lɔng pas ɔl.
• Yu kin fɛn pɔsin we fit am kɔrɛkt wan bay we yu go bay sus we di de dɔn , bikɔs yu fut dɛn kin swel smɔl ɔl di de ɛn dɛn kin big smɔl na ivintɛm pas mɔnin.

Yu dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu fut kin tɛl yu di bɛst kayn shuz ɔ brand fɔ yu fut. If yu gɛt ɔda strɔkchɔral fut prɔblɛm, lɛk flat fut ɔ ay arch , aks yu dɔktɔ if yu nid ɔtotik fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt buniɔn.

Wetin pɔsin we gɛt bunions kin ɛkspɛkt?

Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt bunions kin ebul fɔ manej dɛn sik ɛn liv nɔrmal layf wae nɔr kin gɛt bɔrku impak pan dɛn ɛvride aktiviti dɛm. Yu dɔktɔ go wok wit yu fɔ fɛn wan kɔmbayn tritmɛnt we go mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik ɛn ɛp fɔ mek yu fut ɛn fut finga dɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn strɔng.

De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl na, if yu gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ bunions, nɔr delay fɔ go to dɔktɔ.Di kwik we yu bigin fɔ tek tritmɛnt, na di mɔ yu go gɛt chans fɔ kɔntrol yu sik dɛn we yu nɔ nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn.

Pipul dɛn we dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn pan bunion kin bigin fɔ du ɔl dɛn nɔmal tin dɛn bak insay tu to tri mɔnt , bɔt i kin tek lɔng tɛm fɔ mek dɛn wɛl ɔl.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu notis ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya, go to dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu fut kwik kwik wan :

• Pen ɔltɛm na yu leg ɔ finga dɛn.
• I at fɔ waka ɔ wig yu finga dɛn .
• wan lump we yu kin si na di bכs pat pan di big fut (ilɛksɛf i de at ɔ i nɔ at).
• Swel, rɛd, ɔ wam insay ɔ rawnd di finga dɛn.
• Di finga dɛn kin swɛla ɔ nɔ kin fil fayn .

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

We yu mit wit di dɔktɔ, yu kin aks kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dis fɔ mek yu ɔndastand di tin we de apin:

• Wetin mek a gɛt dis buniɔn? Na prɔblɛm wit di shep we mi fut gɛt?
• Us kayn tritmɛnt we bɛtɛ fɔ mi? Yu tink se a go nid ɔpreshɔn?
• Aw lɔng wi go ebul fɔ ɛkspɛkt fɔ gɛt fridɔm frɔm dɛn tritmɛnt ya?
• Wetin a kin du fɔ mek di bunion nɔ de divɛlɔp na mi ɔda leg?
• A fɔ avɔyd fɔ wɛr sɔm kayn sus dɛn ɔltogɛda?
• Us ɛgzampul dɛn a kin du na os?

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Bunions, ɔ hallux valgus, na wan prɔblɛm we kin apin na di fut. Dɛn kin apin we dɛn push yu big fut kɔmɔt na di say we i de, to di ɔda fut finga dɛn. As tɛm de go, bon bɔmp kin kam na di jɔyn usay yu big fut de kɔnɛkt to yu fut.

If bunion de mek yu fil pen ɔr de ambɔg yu ɛvride, i impɔtant fɔ go to tritmɛnt . I kin simpul lɛk fɔ chenj di kayn sus we yu de wɛr, bɔt fɔ no if yu gɛt bunion, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu fut. Dɔn yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu bɔt tritmɛnt dɛn we go ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik ɛn ɛp yu fɔ du di tin dɛn we yu lɛk bak. I bɛtɛ fɔ mek yu aks fɔ advays kwik kwik wan, ɛn nɔ de te!