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What Causes Swelling And Discomfort In Armpits?

Posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2015

Question: the soles of my feet have been swollen for a bout one year and under my armpits and knees and palms of my hands it's vary uncomfrable what can i do to help this condinion??
i had a pet scan for swallen lymthnodes in my stomich whitch a cat scan picked up,and my stomich came out ok but it said i had a hot spot in my thyroid so they took the left side of my thyroid out and they said they wanted a second opinion and they lost the tissue now i don't know if it was cancer or not .what do you suggest i do??

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (39 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You can do a needle test for thyroid

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I ave studied your case and I think your question has two part.
1.Swelling and uneasiness in armpit and soles is usually due to lack of vitamin B12. it can also occur due to low thyroid hormones.So I would suggest you to get serum B 12 and thyroid hormone essay. if there is any deficiency then you need to take tablet Pregabalin M one daily and it will help in this. As you are saying that your half of the thyroid was removed so it can also cause hypothyroidism and then you will be benefitted by hormone tablet.
2. It is very unfortunate that they lost thyroid tissue. I think you discuss with your surgeon and get needle test. It will tell us if there is still any abnormal tissue or cancer is present.
I hope this answer will be useful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (21 minutes later)

thank you,i had 10%of my kidney taken out do to cancer 2 years ago and while i was in the XXXXXXX clinic my whole right side started to swell up so much they would mark it with a marking pen every morning to see how bad it was getting they didn't know why it sweelling but they let me go home after 5 days ,but it took a couple for the swelling to go away,ever since then i have had swelling in my feet and armpits and other places.i had 3 blood transfusions up there.do you think there could have been something wrong with that blood that would make me swell up,it's vary uncomfrontable but i can live with it...

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Blood does not causes swelling

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
it is not possible that blood is causing this. Most probably it is due to poor kidney functions. It is called edema. So I would suggest you to check your blood urea and creatinine level.
Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (1 hour later)

hello doctor, i checked my last report on my blood work and my urea nitrogen is 27 it should be between 7-25 so that's high,my creatinine is 1.41 and it high it should be 0.07-1.18 according my readout.what do you think should i be taking b-12 pills??

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You should take B 12

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Your creatinine is high. So it is causing edema. There is no harm in taking vitamin B 12. It is safe in kidney patients.
thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (42 minutes later)

doc,how do i get that swelling to go down?it's vary unconfrontable,will b12 help it and how much do you think i should take?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (11 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You need to discuss this with nephrologist

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I think you need to discuss with physcian. if there is fluid collection then you may need diuretics, salt restricted diet. It will decrease your swelling. Vitamin b 12 will also helps in tingling and numbness.
thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (10 hours later)

thank you for your advice,what kind of a doctor is a nephroligist ?is edema reversalable?is there anything i can do to help myself,i walk about half mile a day and it's vary uncomfortable. thanks again

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Nephrologist is specialist in kidney disease

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Nephrologist is specialist is kidney problems. Also walking will help in edema. Avoid taking pain killers and salt. Edema is reversible.
thanks

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar