Bunions - those unsightly V-shaped lumps at the base of your big toe - can cause skin rubbing, infection, pain and inflammation. . They can also make it hard to find shoes to fit. Doctors used to think they were all down to wearing tight pointy shoes. But while these can undoubtedly make matters worse, it's more often an inherited tendency to weakness in the joint, or arthritis, that triggers bunions in the first place.
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