Little Hard Blisters

[Rebecca47]

Does anyone know what these little hard blister like things are on a persons feet ? They are on bottom and next to my big toe. I also haven't had a migrain(wrong spelling) or a cold sore on my face since being gluten free. I assume being gluten free is also helping this? I have been gluten free since Aug, 2006

Thanks

Rebecca

[Michi8]

Does anyone know what these little hard blister like things are on a persons feet ? They are on bottom and next to my big toe. I also haven't had a migrain(wrong spelling) or a cold sore on my face since being gluten free. I assume being gluten free is also helping this? I have been gluten free since Aug, 2006

Thanks

Rebecca

Could it be plantar warts? Though gluten-free likely would have no affect on it.

Michelle

[Sophiekins]

They could just be callouses from your shoes - the way to check is to run your fingernail firmly (but not hard) across the bump. If it hurts and squishes, they are blisters. If it hurts and is hard, they are probably warts. If it doesn't hurt or squish, they are likely just callouses. If they are callouses, they are perfectly harmless, but if they bother you, you can sand them with an emery board when you get out of the shower and they will thin down. If they are warts, my best suggestion is to cut a hole in a potato roughly where the wart is in your foot and bury the potato in your garden - just as effective as nitrogen freezing, laser treatment or chemical burning the warts, and nowhere near as painful.

[angst2amity]

If they are warts, my best suggestion is to cut a hole in a potato roughly where the wart is in your foot and bury the potato in your garden - just as effective as nitrogen freezing, laser treatment or chemical burning the warts, and nowhere near as painful.

Why exactly would that work?

[ravenwoodglass]

If they are warts, my best suggestion is to cut a hole in a potato roughly where the wart is in your foot and bury the potato in your garden - just as effective as nitrogen freezing, laser treatment or chemical burning the warts, and nowhere near as painful.

Actually this might work if you were very patient. Warts are caused by a virus and eventually the virus will leave your system. Thus if you bury the potato and wait long enough they will go away. If this wart is on the ball of your foot it could be plantars wart. Plantar warts grow in not out which is what makes them so painful. They do not appear on the toes though. You can tell a plantar wart by the fact that it is not raised and shows on the bottom of the foot as a whitish spot that is very sensitive to pressure. There are orthonics that can be attached to the bottom of your shoes that will take pressure off the wart and allow it to disapate. If the area on your foot is a lump near the toes it could also be a neuroma, don't let the name scare you it's not cancer but it is a growth on a nerve. Your best bet is to see a podiatrist for a firm diagnosis of what is going on.