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What Causes Bunions

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Bunions are painful, and if you have them, you already know that they can affect your life in a number of ways including pain when walking, difficulty in wearing shoes and deformity of the big toe.  But What Causes Bunions? A bunion is formed due to a deformity in the alignment of your big toe.  The misalignment causes the tendons and ligaments in and around the joint to pull and stretch, which then causes the tissue around the joint to become swollen and uncomfortably painful.  An additional bone may also form, all of which leads to an enlargement of the joint at the bottom of your big toe. Looking at the foot of a person who suffers from a bunion, it looks as if he/she has a growth on the side of the upper padding of the foot.  So now that you know what a bunion is, let’s find out what the causes of a bunion are and whether they can be prevented. The shoes for bunions Causes - Shoe Can Indeed Make the Woman The majority of bunion sufferers are women.  In fact,