Author: Foot Doc
Date: 9/17/2007 10:57 am PDT
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A pre-requisite to considering any specific prognosis or how one might attempt to change it for the better would be an accurate diagnosis and etiology. Diagnoses and findings are not the same thing. But Internet forums are not likely venues to obtain diagnoses, which generally are to be based of a hands-on examination.
It was you who brought up the diagnosis of Morton's neuroma, and this condition certainly is a common cause of pain in the ball of the foot. It is not generally a difficult diagnosis to make, but it can present with varying symptoms, from paresthesias such as tingling and burning, to frank numbness to out and out pain. I was simply advising that some or part or perhaps the whole of your problem could be symptoms of the Morton's neuroma which you say was suspected, even in spite of the fact that you may have concomitant fat pad atrophy.
In my experience, an accurately diagnosed Morton's neuroma generally requires an invasive procedure to remove, destroy or decompress the neuroma in order to afford other than temporary relief. |
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