Medically reviewed by Adam H. Kaplan, DPM Toe pain can happen for a few different reasons. It might be from temporary problems, like a broken toe or blisters, or from long-term conditions like ...

While dactylitis refers to nonspecific inflammation of a finger or toe, blistering distal dactylitis specifically refers to a periungual infection, most often caused by group A hemolytic streptococci.

In 2011, around the age of 33, he developed dactylitis of the great toe and pain and swelling of the right ankle. He was seen by a rheumatologist and noted at the time to have nail pitting.

Inclusion of dactylitis and enthesitis as entry criteria. Inclusion of monoarthritis and polyarthritis in addition to oligoarthritis. While the new criteria represent a step forward in many ways ...