Is the pain due to any high intensity activity or injury or excessive walking or ill fitted shoes.Please do ice at the tender spot for about 20 mins thrice a day and post that apply any pain relieving gel . You can also undergo ultrasonic therapy (physio) for the same .
Next Steps
If the pain is not decreasing please get a xray for the foot. If you keep on getting pain in the smaller joints like that of fingers, wrist etc then please get a blood test for rheumatoid airthritis along with esr and vit D3 to rule out the Rh arhritis and VitD deficiency
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pls wear corrective shoes as in shoes which are closed shall be avoided as it puts stress directly on the metatarsals(toes) and give it rest for 1 week
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What you are describing is a great toe pain and swelling
This type of symptoms classically fits into a condition called as gout which is mostly due to increased Uric acid levels
I will suggest to go for xray of foot done and also get your serum uric acid levels checked
Please do let me know the reports for me to help you more
Or you can directly consult a local orthopaedic doctor if the pain is too much
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