[QUOTE=Littlepaw;1190671]Hi Mat,

Morton's neuroma are not a true neuroma but a swelling of an intertarsal nerve and thickening of the tissue around it. This is usually from a mechanical cause. True neuromas and neuroma-in-continuity are different. Nerve tumors such as schwanomma are different still.

I'm not saying you shouldn't get an MRI but maybe rest easy that your feet are not necessarily an indicator of a systemic problem.

Sadly, I had to learn a lot about these guys after having a true neuroma form after a nerve injury. [/

Thanks for this information. I would never have made the connection between what's been going on in my face for about a year and my Morton's neuromas in my feet but for the term neuroma. However my podiatrist did tell me that my MNs were very different to the run of the mill because they are worse during the night and are unaffected by footwear and not painful - just numb and they twitch or sometimes vibrate. He felt that in my case these mortons neuromas could be part of a systemic or neurological disease rather than anything mechanical.