Anatom3DMedial dorsal cutaneous nerve of foot
Nervus cutaneus dorsalis medialis · Vnitřní hřbetní kožní nerv nohy
Nervous system
Looks like
The inner end branch of the superficial fibular nerve on the top of the foot.
What it does
Brings feeling from the inner top of the foot, the big toe's inner side and the second–third toe web.
Keeping it well
Can be irritated by tight shoe laces or bunion surgery, causing tingling on the top of the foot.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Piriformis syndrome
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Sciatica
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Varicose veins
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies