Chicken Eye (Clavus): Symptoms, Complaints, Signs

The following symptoms and complaints may indicate a clavus (corn):

Main symptoms

  • Circumscribed thickening of the horny layer with a central spur.
  • Surroundings usually reddened
  • Mostly painful, especially with pressure or strain

Predilection site (body region where the changes occur most often).

  • Foot (especially the 5th toe).