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Flatfoot

Causes
Flat foot is a common condition. It is normal in babies and young children.

You have flat feet because the tissues that support the joints in the foot (called tendons) are loose.

As children get older, the tissues tighten and form an arc, which occurs when the child is 2 or 3 years old. Most people have normal arches when they are adults. However, in some people this arch may never form.

Some inherited conditions can cause loose tendons.

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Marfan syndrome
People born with these conditions may have flat feet.

Aging, injury, or disease can damage the tendons and cause flat feet to develop in a person who has already arched. It can be had on one foot.

Rarely, painful flat feet in children can be caused by a condition in which two or more of the bones in the foot grow together or fuse together. This condition is called the tarsal coalition.

Source:  Medline

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