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Consultation: Bunions

Bunions are the bane of almost one third of adults lives in the UK. In this consultation from the first series of Embarrassing Illnesses, Dr Dawn Harper explains exactly what bunions are, how to avoid them, and what can happen if they are not treated.

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I have problems with bunions, right one is worst, please can you send me info about Dr. Nollau & his clinic 9. Many thanks

Posted on 9 Apr 2010 13:01 by Julie
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i have bunions on both feet, at the moment all my toes feel dead and when i run my finger up and down my skin it feels like alot of needles digging into them and is very very painful through the day they are very cold by night they get very very hot so much so the heat is like pain , to day they now painfull when i walk , do you think it can be the bunions that is doing all that or can there be some thing other than that,please help thank you

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please give me info on dr noallu his procedures and any contact info

Posted on 8 Feb 2010 16:34 by james
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hi, i'm 15 years old and i have quite a big bunion on mt left foot. my doctor told me to wear shoes with a bit of a heel on them and i have but it's not getting any better but i don't want to have surgery on it because i have seen so many films about people waking up in surgery and i really don't want that to happen, I've tried insoles and my mum's thinking about getting me a thing she saw in a magazine, it's something you wear at night but i don't think it will help any help?

Posted on 26 Jan 2010 23:18 by taylor
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i am 13 years old and i have quite big bunions are both feet how do i get rid of them and how much dose it cost

Posted on 7 Jan 2010 09:29 by shona
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I would also like to know where it is possible to get keyhole surgery performed on bunions as, similarly to one of your other postings, I have been reluctant to have an operation because of recovery time etc

Posted on 17 Dec 2009 16:42 by Lynne
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would like to know where i can get the keyhole bunion surgery done that was shown on Embarrassing Old Bodies, shown on the 23rd November 2009. Is this also available on NHS or some indication of cost?

Posted on 3 Dec 2009 18:08 by Allison
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I would also like to know where I could get the bunion keyhole surgery shown on the recent programme. I have put off having surgery because of the time I would have to take off work. Hopefully the recovery time using this method would be considerably less than traditional surgery - which both my sisters have had to have.

Posted on 2 Dec 2009 09:20 by Pat
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I also would like to find out information on where I can get keyhole surgery for my bunion, please. I live in Surrey so if there is somewhere near me that would be convenient. Otherwise London would be optional. Thanks!

Posted on 23 Apr 2010 02:54 by Jacqui
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Did you get an answer to this, im also interested in finding out details Thnaks

Posted on 3 Jun 2010 21:46 by paul
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Have looked on the internet and can find nowhere that does the keyhole surgery. please can you tell us where it can be done. Thanks Julie

Posted on 28 Nov 2009 17:37 by Julie
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Hi watched your programme on fri 27th nov 2009 on treatment of a bunion using a needle of some sort, would you be able to give me more advice on this treatmnent and others that are available. i myself hve a large bunion on my left foot which is getting worse and my mother has them on both feet,left foot the worst, in which big toe is totally at a angle with large swellings on both our bunions Thank you

Posted on 28 Nov 2009 13:51 by Samantha
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