Top of foot

Looks like

Thin skin on the top of the foot, over the tendons that lift the toes.

What it does

Covers the foot's bones and the pulse felt on its top.

Keeping it well

Tight shoes rub it raw. In diabetes, check the feet daily: numb skin does not report a wound.

Related conditions

• Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
• Flat feet (pes planus)
• Ganglion cyst
• Gout
• Hammer toe and claw toe
• Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
• Lymphoedema
• Morton's neuroma
• Restless legs syndrome
• Varicose veins
• Venomous snakebite