MORTON’S NEUROMA
The number of middle-aged women with
condition linked to high-heeled shoes doubles in the last ten years
- The
condition is thought to be caused by years of wearing high heels
- Women are
up to ten times more likely than men to suffer the condition
- Sufferers
say symptoms include pain akin to 'walking on razor blades'
The number of middle-aged women suffering
from a painful condition linked with wearing high heels has more than doubled
in ten years.
Cases of Morton’s neuroma have risen by 115
per cent since 2004 among women aged 40 to 69, according to figures from the
Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Women are up to ten times more likely than
men to suffer from the condition, which is thought to be caused by years of
wearing high-heeled or ill-fitting shoes.
The
number of middle-aged women suffering from a painful condition linked with
wearing high heels has more than doubled in ten years.
'Morton’s neuroma is a historically well
documented, but poorly understood phenomenon that can be tackled in a few
different ways.
'We have known for a long time that the
condition seems to predominantly affect females of a middling age, with
speculation that high heels and other such tightly fitting and unnatural
footwear - despite looking fabulous, I’m sure - may play a role.'
Other treatment options include special
insoles and steroid injections.Sometimes surgery will involve complete removal of the compressed nerve, leaving the patient with no feeling between the affected toes.
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