Anatom3DDorsal digital branches of deep fibular nerve
Nervi digitales dorsales nervi fibularis profundi · Hřbetní prstové větve hlubokého lýtkového nervu
Nervous system
Looks like
Two fine end branches of the deep fibular nerve in the web between the big and second toes.
What it does
Bring feeling from the facing sides of the first and second toes.
Keeping it well
A numb first web space is a classic sign of deep fibular nerve damage or anterior compartment syndrome.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
- Fibromyalgia
- Flat feet (pes planus)
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Hammer toe and claw toe
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Morton's neuroma
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Varicose veins
- Venomous snakebite
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies