Foot Issues In Baghdad Please Help!?

Question

My foot is seriously, swolen, toes are turning dark, look like got stomped on and + a serious foot rash worse then athletes foot. I'm using Lotrimin, My IDC (Independent Duty Corman) put me on keflex 250mg, and600mg motrin. Im US Military n Baghdad! Can any Doctors out therefind Out what it is and help us troubleshoot this. Help!

Answer 1

Previous question last year:
What is the best meds on the market for Diabetic Users?
Mom, 61, Female, Retired, Stress
So you were a Mum retired at 61 now a Soldier in Baghdad?
SHAME ON YOU, considering what is going on in Baghdad!

Answer 2

There are many considerations in treating your condition. Many questions need to be answered such as:

1. Comparative inspection of opposite extremity (swelling in lower extremities in general)
2. Events leading up to the swelling
3. Do you have a past history of this occurance?
4. Anything that causes this to be better/worse?
5. Is there a family history of diabetes?
6. What is the level of sensorium/circulation in the affected extremity?

And many others!

Bottom Line:

I deal a lot with military medicine and the previous answerer is correct. YOU NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR. It sounds like you may have cellulitis that has been complicated by an infection.

This condition may have advanced to a degree where you may have to take a MEDEVAC out of theater.

Good luck!

Answer 3

well, you may not understand the connection, but have you been tested for hepatitis c???? 1 in 3 veterans will end up with hcv before they even leave the service. mass innoculations can account for most of this higher than normal liver disease.

lotrimin may help until you stop the cream once your dose is gone, however, if it returns it is probably your liver. hcv antibody test is in order. do not rely on a standard liver panel test because sometimes the alt and ast levels in those with hcv will not be elevated-this is why so many go undiagnosed.

good luck to you and THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!!!!!

Answer 4

if not enough cirulation (tight shoes or blood clot) then that means black toes and gangrene and amputation...if one calf/ankle is bigger in diameter (swollen) than the other calf/ankle then that would indicate a possible blood clot and you would need a venous doppler test ASAP to rule that out...it is possible even without one leg being more swollen than the other leg...if gangrene is setting in...even a small spot of black can be gangrene (skin cell death). Blood clots can also move to the heart , lungs or brain and cause other problems..

Answer 5

you could have a broken foot and if your toes are turning black they are not getting enough curculation,, you should get an xray,,, rash could be from hot feet rubbing inside your boots..i know is hard especially in the desert but try and change your socks often,, the sand will scrape the skin off..(had this in 91)and powder your feet and inside your socks before putting them on,, i thought they taught this stuff,,

Answer 6

you need to bypass the corpman and see a real doctor that doesn't sound good.
suro

Answer 7

Hi THere

Here is the best remedy/cure you can use. It's called hydrotherapy. Using hot and cold water to generate blood circulation where the body needs it most. THis process has been used for thousands of years and proved to be one of the most productive. Hot water brings blood to the surface and cold water surpresses it downward, in turn generating new blood cells into the diseased part of the body. Ideally, you also want to use pressure (like strong showerheads) to penetrate the body's depths for quicker results. Also intaking cayenne pepper is the internal king circulator. Moves blood like no other.



I would start by getting a bucket of hot water (hot as you can take it) and an ice filled bucket of water. Just go back and forth with each bucket about a minute each. Do this 10 times or so. Do this 2-3 times a day for as long as it takes to heal.
You could use the shower for this method with the hot and cold water. Pressure the whole body or leg.

Here is more information about Hydrotherapy and some testimonials for curing big diseases.

How you can use hydrotherapy at home to SPEED - UP any cure.

The best and cheapest thing any human can do to cure their disease is use water therapy.

You need to do two basic things :

1) Apply hot and cold water, as hot as possible and as cold as you can get it, to a diseased area.

2) Take hot and cold showers, or a hot shower, then jump in a bathtub of ice-cold water, or water with 20 - 40 pounds of ice in it.

The purpose of these two techniques is not torture. It is to BLAST blood into sick areas that are not getting enough blood. Until you do that, expect to stay sick.

There was one man who tired the programs for skin cancer, and they did not work. But he omitted one thing: the hot and cold showers. As soon as he did them, his skin cancer went away.

Simple Rules : For those who are frail, use common sense and start slowly. For instance, on babies, use warm water and cool water. Obviously, be gentle.

To get the most results, work yourself up to using as hot as you can stand it - without burning your skin - and as cold as you can stand it. When I do it at home, I don’t just use cold water. I found it works much better with bags of ice.

You do this at least twice a day. Once is a hot and cold shower, perhaps three of them if you are real sick. You do seven repetitions of hot and cold. If your shower doesn’t get real cold, use ice cubes in a bathtub. If you don’t have a bathtub, perhaps rub yourself with a wet, icy towel. Do your best.

Then, always use hot and cold directly on the sick or injured area - not just all over. This is essential.

For the cayenne oil, here is a simple formula.

A Formula for a cayenne heating oil.

Here is a formula anyone can make.

In a glass jar with a tight leakproof lid, place...

5 tablespoons of the HOTTEST cayenne powder you can find (over 250,000 heat units is suggested.) 20 ounces of Jojoba, Olive or Almond oil.

Make it on the New Moon and let it sit until the Full Moon, making sure to shake it every day. On the Full Moon, press or strain off the liquid.

Caution, this can be extremely hot. Start with a little and work your way up in amount.

Common mistakes made by readers who try hydrotherapy.

Due to timidity, readers under use this treatment. They don’t do it often enough, and they don’t do it strong enough. They don’t like to shiver, or they find it uncomfortable. Forget that. To me, continued sickness is more uncomfortable.

For example, when you are really ill, people should do hot and cold showers as much as 30 minutes a day, three times a day, 2 minutes cold and 5 minutes hot.

For people less ill, try 15 minutes once a day, 7 repetitions each of hot and cold.

Use your imagination. One reader saved his wife from a colon operation by using extremely hot and cold wet towels, back and forth, over her intestinal area.

For people with heart problems.

You can put really hot water, in the shower, or with hot towels, right on the chest, and then alternate with ice cold water or ice, and then go back and forth for seven times.

Start mild, depending on the person’s strength and vitality. Do not overshock them when they are weak. Use good judgement in everything. You can add hydrotherapy to the herbal compresses for serious heart disorders.

Hydrotherapy cured GANGRENE.

Several months ago, a man in the South had gangrene developing. He is an older man, a diabetic. His doctor said if it wasn’t better in days, his right foot was coming off.

He took 6-8 teaspoons a day of extra-extra hot cayenne pepper, in divided doses day and night. He took them in a cold beverage, or it is too hot to get down. The powder form of cayenne is what he used, never capsules. Forget capsules.

Then, he filled two large buckets, one with hot water and one with ice water. He did this and went back and forth. Then he applied a cayenne heating oil to the sick area when he was done. His leg healed, all signs of gangrene are gone.

What he could have done, if he needed to, was to add herbs to the treatment. Here is what can be done, for those who need to know.

Fill a large tub with hot water, add 4 ounces of cayenne pepper powder, 4 ounces of Ginger root powder, and 4 ounces of mustard seed powder. Put these herbs in a dish towel, tie it closed, and put it in the bath like a big tea bag. You will see the water turn orange.

Then, fill a large bucket with cold water plus 10 pounds or more of ice in it. Plastic garbage bins and wash baskets work well for this. Put the leg, or whatever, into the very hot bath for 5 to 10 minutes and then immediately into the cold for at least 2 minutes, but 5 to 8 minutes is much better. Do at least 5 repetitions of this.

A Final word

One of the things that helps out a lot of you reading these old documents and realizing that even if you go to the extreme, you won’t be reaching what was done a hundred years ago.

As far out as it appears you are not even approaching the intensity of what the old healers knew they had to do.

These old people had no choice. It didn’t seem to extreme because, to them, it was much more extreme to die. So nothing they did seemed extreme.

Again, it is more powerful than herbs - because it is the therapy that gets the herbs through the blood to the sick area.