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Suggest Treatment For Painful Swollen Feet
Question: I am having difficulty walking as the top of my feet are painful and get puffy and tight. I rub them with liniment etc. and they go down after a night's rest but start as soon as i get out of bed. Not sure what to do.
Brief Answer:
Following answer to your query.
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you for asking!
I read your query and understood your concerns.
Based on the data you provided your signs and symptoms are most likely related to:
- leg venous insufficiency or deep vein trombosis (DVT) of the legs.
- rheumatologic disease.
However, other disease especially anemia, heart and renal failureshould be excluded first.
This is why I strongly recommend doing the following examinations to find out what is causing your symptoms:
- blood work (to exclude anemia, renal and liver failure)
- Rheumatoid factor test (and other tests specific for rheumatismal disease).
- ecg and cardiac echo (to exclude heart failure)
- Doppler ultrasound examinations of both legs to confirm / exclude the diagnosis of DVT and venous insuficiency.
Meantime, I would like to suggest to avoid standing up more than 30 minutes and to use elasrick socks.
Hope this will be of help!
Wish you health!
Following answer to your query.
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you for asking!
I read your query and understood your concerns.
Based on the data you provided your signs and symptoms are most likely related to:
- leg venous insufficiency or deep vein trombosis (DVT) of the legs.
- rheumatologic disease.
However, other disease especially anemia, heart and renal failureshould be excluded first.
This is why I strongly recommend doing the following examinations to find out what is causing your symptoms:
- blood work (to exclude anemia, renal and liver failure)
- Rheumatoid factor test (and other tests specific for rheumatismal disease).
- ecg and cardiac echo (to exclude heart failure)
- Doppler ultrasound examinations of both legs to confirm / exclude the diagnosis of DVT and venous insuficiency.
Meantime, I would like to suggest to avoid standing up more than 30 minutes and to use elasrick socks.
Hope this will be of help!
Wish you health!
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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