A clinic nurse is admitting a patient who reports a throbbing burning feeling in the right foot during the day but notes that the pain is relieved with rest. What might the nurse suspect the patient may have?
A) Morton's neuroma
B) Pes cavus
C) Hallux valgus
D) Onychocryptosis
Ans: A
Feedback: Morton's neuroma is a swelling of the third (lateral) branch of the median plantar nerve, which causes a throbbing, burning pain, which is usually relieved with rest. A deformity in which the great toe deviates laterally and there is a marked prominence of the medial aspect of the first metatarsal-phalangeal joint and exostosis is referred to as Hallux valgus (bunion). Pes cavus refers to a foot with an abnormally high arch and a fixed equinus deformity of the forefoot.
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