How to treat hallux valgus?

Hallux valgus is a kind of foot disease, which shows that the big foot and thumb are valgus and the sole of the foot is widened. Some patients have painful thumb joints and even severe knee joint inflammation. The causes of hallux valgus are complicated, including improper wearing of shoes, abnormal foot structure and heredity. After finding the thumb valgus, you can treat it in the following ways.

1, conservative therapy

It is found that patients should avoid wearing pointed shoes, female patients should wear less high heels, and patients with bunion should take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce inflammation. In addition, patients with conditions can also use corrective braces to relieve valgus symptoms, and can use night corrective splint when sleeping at night. Conservative treatment is only effective for early patients, and it can only achieve the effect of temporarily relieving pain, but it cannot be completely cured.

2. Surgical therapy

If the patient's hallux valgus is already serious, and the big toe squeezes the second and third toes, resulting in the deformation and dislocation of the second and third toes, the disease cannot be controlled by simple conservative treatment, and surgery must be performed. For patients with severe arthritis complicated with big toe, joint fusion can be considered, patients with mild joint subluxation can be considered soft tissue contraction, and patients with severe joint subluxation can be considered osteotomy soft tissue surgery.

3. Minimally invasive treatment

Minimally invasive surgery can also treat thumb valgus. It should be noted that minimally invasive surgery should be carried out on the basis of ensuring the curative effect, and the indications should be strictly controlled to avoid complications such as osteotomy nonunion and joint dislocation aggravation.

No matter what method is used to treat hallux valgus, patients must pay attention to daily maintenance after recovery, and do not wear pointed high heels after recovery to avoid recurrence of deformity. In addition, surgery may leave scars, so patients with high requirements for leg aesthetics must communicate with doctors before surgery and choose the most suitable surgical method in combination with various factors.