Thursday, 25 April 2013

Signs Which Should Lead You To The Office Of An Austin Foot Doctor

By Alyssa Riggs


You should not run to a podiatrist all the time you experience pain in your feet. Some problems are as a result of tiredness after having a busy day. Rest and ice for cooling the pain is what may be needed. Some problems however tend to be persistent. These are the complications which should force you to visit the office of an Austin foot doctor.

You should be in a position to note symptoms that could bring major problems to you health. Some conditions only bring sadness at the end. These are conditions which result in cutting of both feet for instance after a patient pours all his money on treatment. These are complicated conditions which leave podiatrists with no options but cutting the feet before the complicated condition spreads to other organs.

It is up to you therefore to note symptoms as early as they surface and which are capable of giving rise to deadly diseases. One sign for example is discoloration of the feet. Your feet are supposed to have one color but if there tends to be a major variation, it may hint that you may be a victim of a foot disease. Gout is characterized by redness. Gout in medical terms is described as joint inflammation and many times it can be seen in the big toes of the feet of the victims. It is brought about by urates being deposited in the joints as a result of a defect in metabolism that causes uric acid accumulation in blood.

Whiteness hints that less blood is flowing to the tissues. Another symptom is numbness. Numbness indicates that you might be suffering from neuropathy. Neuropathy makes the nerves to lack sensitivity and is brought about by diabetes. It also leads to foot ulcers.

Slow healing of wounds or lack of response of wounds to healing is another sign that you need medical assistance. This means that there are other diseases in your body which are preventing the wounds from healing for example diabetes. The slow or unresponsive healing also gives chances to other complications to occur such as skin infections. You need to see a doctor immediately you notice that the wound is unresponsive to healing.

Another condition that some people experience is edema. This is swelling and experiencing of pain in one foot only. Tendon rupture, broken bone, and infections are some of its causes. Take note too of persistent pains which go for more than 24 hours.

Many victims who go through pains that last for more than twenty four hours sometimes believe that the pains will cease hence are reluctant in seeking treatment. Some persistent pains are brought about by inner damages or complications you may not be in a position to see. A podiatrist on the other hand could be able to see them with the help of medical equipments such as an X ray machine.

Clotting of blood vessels or crossing of blood vessels are just some of the inner feet complications. It is better not to wait until a condition worsens because in the end, it may only cause more emotional pain. Instead seek medical advice or assistance from an Austin foot doctor.




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