Anatom3DDorsal digital branches of superficial fibular nerve
Nervi digitales dorsales pedis nervi fibularis superficialis · Hřbetní prstové větve povrchového lýtkového nervu
Nervous system
Looks like
Fine end branches of the superficial fibular nerve on the top of the toes.
What it does
Bring feeling from the top of most toes, except the first web and the outer little toe.
Keeping it well
Tight shoes can irritate them; numb toe tops in both feet can signal neuropathy.
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