question: While on a trip in Cuba I experienced extreme pain in some toes... When one too unbearable I went to a medic who said it was nothing and I probably just bumped it. I just said okay and went on with the trip and after awhile it went away. I figured it was nothing. Now it s back and it s extremely painful. It started in just the side of my big toe and is still there but now I have pain in my fourth toe as well. I m sure I haven t bumped it and it feels as someone dropped a piano on the toes! They can t even brush up against anything without extreme discomfort! What could be causing this?