In our latest video, Dr. Naveen Kumar L V, Senior Consultant - Orthopaedics and Sports Injury Specialist at Manipal Hospital ...

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Hallux Valgus I Dr. Naveen Kumar I Manipal Hospital Sarjapur Road

[Music] uh hello everyone I'm Dr nain Kumar LV I am a senior consultant in Orthopedics and Sports injuries at manipal hospital serap Ro halex valgus deformity uh I'm sure lot of you have heard this word especially women commonly get this so quite a few of of you would have heard this word Alex wgas what is it exactly it is about the heel about the front foot where your big toe sort of moves outwards and starts climbing onto the second toe so a lot of you recognize that as a bunion which is the kind of thickness which happens on the base of the big toe and that is a prominence which you feel like as if it's a pain or it looks unsightly and because the toes s sort of crowd out that is something which people don't like the look of it but having said that a lot of people with this kind of halex valgas do manage it without needing anything big uh because it's not painful in majority of people so if it is just about how it looks You may wish to just leave it alone but at the same time if it is causing pain at the base of the big toe like buan pain or if the big toe is climbing onto the second toe and causing calluses calluses means the thick in of the Skins which is causing pain or if there are ulcers forming between because they are close to each other they are causing some amount of moisture and ulcers in that area under those circumstances it definitely needs to be treated halex falgas this a condition which affects the big toe we see that the joint between the to big bones of the bigo that starts moving out of place so we often see a bunion on the inner side of the big toe and we often see that the big toe starts drifting outwards and in some instances it may climb onto the other toe as well so that is a condition which can cause deformity it can also cause pain or even calluses because of the pressure points and it can even cause ulcerations as well so these are the conditions which we see as a result of helex falus so in people in home it is causing mild amount of bother it's not causing any huge amount of problem but just in occasional pain simple two things can help one is wearing Footwear which has got a wider box so that you don't crowd out your toes together that is one thing which you have to really think about second thing is you can wear a toe separate where your big toe is sort of brought back to the place but just by doing that I'm not saying that you can cure your HX valus but you can at least reduce the pain and you can to an extent prevent that from progressing so for those reasons you can try these simple remedies in people in whom it is causing a lot of bother pain like I mentioned conss or ulcers and all those things then definitely it needs treatment uh so when we talk about treatment these are the things where we have to literally uh do the realignment surgery for the bones itself so these kind of surgeries are something which are really very successful surgery but has to be done in the right way for the right person and when we do these kind of surgeries basically we do what we call as osteotomy we basically cut the bone in certain angles and then realign the bones so that's the kind of surgery we are talking about so post surgery you will be in a supported boot supportive boot for up to 6 weeks but you'll be allowed to walk after 2 weeks to put full weight on that leg and start doing the activities uh at least the basic activities will be started pretty soon but yes the Bones have to heal again so it takes time this is a procedure where you can expect to go back and do all the normal things by around 3 to 4 months but yes this is a successful surgery if done for the right indications for the right person hope this helps [Music]

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