Corns

The benefit of using a Foot Health Practitioner for a corn diagnosis:

Advice provided on effective treatment for your corn/s along with information and advice on how to prevent a potential recurrence.

Corn assessment and treatment:

Your assessment will include full medical history along with your symptoms with a full health examination of your feet and nails to provide a diagnosis. There are a variety of corns, but the etiology of all true corns is the same, however, each corn requires a difference of technique for its treatment and removal.

You will be informed of the treatment option most suited for your type of corn/s to ensure the best outcome.

What is a corn/s?

A corn is a pinpoint thickening of hard skin. They occur on areas of increased pressure on the foot and between toes and are often very painful, like a small stone or piece of glass in the foot and appears as a circular lump of hard skin.

There are five different types of cones with the most common ones being ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ corns.

Hard Corns (Heloma Durum) – appears as a small area of concentrated hard skin up to the size of a small pea usually within a wider area of thickened callus.
Soft Corns (Heloma Molle) – Develop in a similar way to hard corns but they are whitish and rubbery in texture and appear between the toes where your skin is moist.
Seed Corns (Heloma Millare) – these are tiny corns that tend to occur either singly or in clusters on the bottom of the foot.
Vascular/ Neurovascular Corns ((Heloma Vascular / Heloma neurovascular) – these are hard corns that have become infiltrated with blood vessels and/or nerve endings. These are very painful and if untreated they become surrounded by a meshwork of fibrous tissues known as a fibrous corn/s.
Fibrous Corns (Heloma Fascia) – these corns have been present for a long time and are more firmly attached to the deeper tissues than any other type of corn.

What causes my corn/s?

Corns are caused by pressure or friction over bony areas, such as joints. Corns have a central core which causes pain if it presses on a nerve.

Can anyone get corn/s?

Yes, anyone can get corns with the many contributing factors as the ones mentioned above.

What are the signs and symptoms of corns?

Summary:

Corns are caused by pressure or friction over bony areas, such as joints. Corns have a central core which causes pain if it presses on a nerve. Corns are caused by pressure or friction over bony areas, such as joints. Corns have a central core which causes pain if it presses on a nerve.

Corns are caused by pressure and friction. A corn left untreated will become painful and has the potential to impact your gait.