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Six Out of Ten Adults Have Deformities on Their Toes without Knowing that They Can Be Prevented

The Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Podología de la Comunidad Valenciana (ICOPCV) has warned that digital deformities in the feet of adults are one of the most common and are more frequent in women than in men. In fact, the prevalence of this type of pathology is 60 percent and it is only advanced by the ungeal conditions that occupies the first position with 75%.
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“An example of this are mallet fingers or hammer fingers, two different digital deformities, but the cause of which may be similar: muscle imbalances, inappropriate shoes or diseases such as arthritis,” said Jorge Escoto, a podiatologist and member of the ICOPCV board of directors. For his part, the mallet finger involves a downward curvature in the joint closest to the nail and is usually caused by the use of tight footwear, followed by abnorma…

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Salud a Diario broke the news on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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