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Long toes
Long toes is a feature in which a person's toes are longer than usual for the average normal person in his ethnic/racial group. Very long fingers and toes can be due to hereditary/genetic causes.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 18-year old female asked:
What does it mean when my foot cramps when i bend my toes? Also the pain gets worse the longer my toes are bent.
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A 24-year old female asked:
How to make my toes longer?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Why is my second toe longer than the big toe?
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A 32-year old asked:
What's it mean if second toe longer than your big toe, is that bad?
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A 46-year old asked:
My second toe longer than their first. It's called morton's toe. Is it bad?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Second toes (longer than big toe) both slightly curved towards smaller toes not hammertoe or claw toe?
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A 46-year old asked:
Is it weird that my hallux (big toe) is a lot longer than my other toes?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is it normal for your second toe to be longer than your big toe?
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A 31-year old asked:
What do they call it when your 2nd toe is longer than your big toe?
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A 39-year old asked:
What do you suggest if my second and third toe is longer than my big toe?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Hi, I have Morton toe so my second and third toes are longer than my big toe. It makes wearing shoes, heels and sandals very uncomfortable and can be painful in certain shoes. Im just wondering if theres anything to do to help?
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A 18-year old female asked:
My second toes in my feet are much longer than my other toes. How is it longer than my big toe? In addition, it almost always hurts when i walk a lot.
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A 55-year old male asked:
My father recently had a gout attack.His big toe no longer hurts but pain/swelling has traveled through his foot.What's the best medicine for swelling?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Second toe of right foot has been numb for 5 months. Only on the top between the nail and where the toe meets foot. That toe is longer than the others. I used to have on-off pain in that area. No redness/swelling. I walk 6 miles/day. Ideas?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is it normal for one of my toes to be much longer than the others?
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A 19-year old male asked:
What stretches can I do to make my torso longer. I'm athletic but it's weird how i can't reach my toes!
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A 43-year old male asked:
I hit my pinky toe last week its no longer purple but still hurts when I move it is it broken ?
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A 40-year old asked:
What is it called when your 2nd toe next to your big toe is much longer ?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Hi Dr. How long should 5 sutures for a 3cm laceration around bottom and side half of right small toe stay in? Dr who put it in said 7 days but shouldnt it stay in longer? What would happen if I keep it in longer?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I picked off a brown mole that was inside my skin on my large toe a few months ago. I am worried it was melanonoma and can no longer be detectected.
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A female asked:
My daughter can't stand up straight. She tip toe walks, and says it feels like one leg is longer than the other. Is this serious?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Hurt my toe at work a few weeks ago and my toe nail turned yellow. It is no longer attached to the base but is attached on the sides. Will it fall of?
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A 48-year old female asked:
I have all the symptoms of a neuroma but MRI is normal. My 4th toe feels broken l can't stand longer than 5mins without being in pain. Gp no idea
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A member asked about a 43-year old male:
100% covered with psoriasis head to toe, we use a 60gram tube of clobetasol. On just one treatment what else can we use that would last longer. HelpP?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Dec2nd I jammed my big toe tore the entire nail off and broke it. They say my bone is healing find but I still have extreme swelling. How much longer?
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A member asked:
Several months ago, I dropped a vacuum cleaner on my big toe. Since then, the nail bed has been swollen and looks like it has pulled away from the nail (like there is no longer a cuticle connecting the skin to the nail). Additionally, the nail has stopped
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A 44-year old female asked:
I injured my big toe three months ago at the gym kicking a punching bag. The toe nail is still very bruised but it doens't hurt. How much longer heals?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Sore 3middle toes when standing in 1 spot Toes turn red and very painful. Xray and ultrasound normal. I cant stand longer than 10mins. DR no idea?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Always had one leg longer than the other, past year ball of my foot on shorter leg increasingly more pain now arch pain and big toe numb. No injury?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Recent fall (08) damaged both legs hip to toes. Now if i walk more than 1/2 mile or stand longer than 10 minutes my left thigh is pins and needles pain..
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