The ankles (right more than left) is tender and both are warm to the touch. I had ekg, and vascular study and both checked out normal. pitted edema is present. This happened 7 months ago but suddenly went away
2006-11-18 16:02:09 · 8 answers · asked by Andy B 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
gout?
2006-11-18 16:05:15 · answer #1 · answered by St♥rmy Skye 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like your doctors are testing for blood clots. It is good that the vascular studies were negative. While it is difficult to know what you're describing without seeing it, and I'm not a doctor, I'm thinking that perhaps it is a "skin thing". I have seen a lot of cellulitis lately admitted to the nursing unit that I work on. This is basically inflammation of the skin secondary to those pesky bacteria, and usually includes swelling and redness. Here in florida it usually starts with a bug bite of some sort, but other times the etiology is unknown and never gets "figured out." Have you gone to the emergency room? Usually this is treated by an infectious disease doctor, not a skin doctor, and usually with intravenous antibiotics. I would consider emergency room treatment if your condition worsens or starts to cause you pain.
2006-11-19 00:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by Jen RN 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Too much salt in the diet can cause swelling. Watch yourself at the dinner table. Some people salt their food no matter if it's bland or not. Are you one of those with the salt shaker?
The job may be another area to look for: If you have to stand all day at work in bad shoes that don't support your feet well, that may happen.
Talk to an expert shoe sales person. They see feet all day long, ask them if it is common to be at this age and have this type of swelling that goes away...
2006-11-19 00:06:27 · answer #3 · answered by mustbetoughtobeme 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
get some new dress shoes? some new socks? maybe knock offs or real bad quality covered up by designer name. could of been allergic reaction to product.
pay attention to how you sleep as well. For while I thought I had diabetes setting in as I was losing my leg hair in spots. But then later realized I was rubbing my legs in my sleep and was just wearing the hair off over time myself. You might be doing the similar and knocking your ankles all night in turn making them inflamed.
2006-11-19 00:05:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
See a rheumatologist. This sounds like arthritis. Some types at this age include rheumatoid, auto-immune and gout.
2006-11-19 00:07:15 · answer #5 · answered by ignoramus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Did you have a chest xray? You may be having heart problems (i.e., congestive heart failure) that wouldn't show up on an EKG.
2006-11-21 19:50:09 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Next time you get a new pair of shoes have them check your shoe size. As we get older our feet tend to flatten out making it necessary to buy a larger size shoe to prevent just what you are describing. When I was younger, I took a size 12D, now I take a 13EEEEE, so you tell me why??
2006-11-19 00:06:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe diabetes? That is strange.
2006-11-19 00:03:51 · answer #8 · answered by Audania 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋