Talk:Bunion

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18:02, 24 July 2006 (UTC)It's not strictly true to describe a bunion as "painful", although a deformity it most certainly is. For example, I experience no pain form my diagnosed moderate bunion unless I wear certain shoes that are too narrow. Clearly, for a woman this is more likely to be the case

Bunions are painful and progressively so with aging.

The fact is bunions are caused solely by wearing pointed shoes during the growing phase of life . The popular court or pointed shoe of course is a billion dollar industry so , this simple truth is not always adequately mentioned. No bunions will be found on other primates, on fingers or primitives and non shoe wearers. Also, the causation is readily highlighted by comparing foot-binding as practised in old china . The idea that Bunions may be hereditary , probably arises from the fact that pointed shoes have been in and out of fashion since at least the time of Ancient Egypt, and hence parents and children alike have the condition.

Pointed shoes? Does this imply that men with bunions are all cross dressers? And don't forget juvenile bunion deformity. An article from the recent issue of the Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery concludes that bunion deformity is an autosomal trait with incomplete penetrance. Please make sure that you fully research your facts before adding to the page. Sbacle 03:23, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BUNIONS AND FLAT FEET

In fact there is a lotof evidence to say that having flat feet ca lead to bunions. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.39.159.3 (talk) 19:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] "Growing phase of life"

I'd disagree with the above, anecdotally, as I've given myself a tailor's bunion by wearing ski boots - something I've only started doing in my mid-twenties. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.146.50.171 (talk) 11:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC).