A ‘Durlacher's corn‘ is a distinct kind of pressure corn that occurs about the small toe. It is similar to any other corn that is resulting from too much pressure, however what is different about this corn is it is pressed up about the side of the toenail for the fifth toe and will regularly be wrongly identified as a nail. This particular corn is termed after Lewis Durlacher (1792-1864) who was a chiropodist from the UK. In the USA, this specific type of corn is called the Lister’s corn. Any corn on the feet are an area of skin accumulation in response to far too much pressure. Once this pressure onto the skin is greater, the skin becomes thicker to protect itself and in the end the skin gets so thick it will become painful. Exactly the same process occurs in the Durlacher corn, the greater pressure on little toe next to the nail brings about the corn. There will probably be several different reasons for this increased pressure to the little toe. It can be caused by a type of deformity with the small toe. It may be as a result of an bigger bone tissue inside the little toe. It could be due to dimensions of the shoes, especially the shape of the toe area. Any one of these reasons may lead to greater pressure to result in the corn. The typical signs and symptoms are increasing pain beside the toenail on the little toe and on evaluation it simply appears to be an extra bit of toe nail. This very much the same appearance has led some to point out this is really a nail and not a pressure Durlacher corn.
The therapy for Durlacher corns will need to be aimed towards the cause of the higher pressures. It is easy to take out the corn and a Podiatrist may easily eliminate the corn to provide immediate relief. However, that is not actually the solution as the pressure that brought on the corn to start with is still there and the corn will reoccur once more unless something is carried out to take out that increased pressure that's triggering the issue. It is really an issue in all corns meaning that if what ever caused the corn to start with is still there it's going to come back again and will need to be taken off or it is going to hurt again. Corns on your foot do not have roots which they re-grow from if the root is left in. They occur back again because exactly what brought about all of them (the greater pressure) remains. The medicated corn patches having acids within them are not going to be useful since they just eat away the corn along with normal skin and do nothing at all to deal with the cause of pressure triggering the Durlacher corns. That higher pressure can be handled with the aid of adhesive felt patches, silicone gel tubing pads or custom molded silicone pads which get pressure off of the region or change the posture with the toe. The pressure may be allayed with the aid of much better fitting shoes. It also could mean a operative removing with the enlarged piece of bone which is creating the pressure.