Thursday, April 25, 2013

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

By Alyssa Riggs


You should not run seeking the services of a podiatrist every time you feel some pain in your toes or ankles. Some problems are caused by exhaustion after a long busy day. All that is needed is some rest and ice for cooling the nerves. There are some problems though that sometimes cause a lot of pain and prove to be persistent. These are the problems that should direct you to an Austin foot doctor.

You should be able to detect the serious symptoms that could cause you big problems. Some situations do not lead to a happy ending. These are situations which lead to a victim of a foot disease losing his foot after countless visits to a podiatrist and losing a lot of money. Some diseases prove hard to treat and leave podiatrists with no better choice other than cutting the foot before the disease spreads to the rest of the body.

You should therefore be able to note early symptoms which could lead to deadly feet diseases. Foot discoloration for instance is one symptom. Your feet should have the same color but if there is a major difference note that you might be having foot disease. Gout is noted by redness. Gout is inflammation of the joints and you may occasionally spot it on the big toe of a foot in many victims. It is caused by urates which are deposited in the joints because of metabolic defects that cause uric acid accumulation in the blood.

Whiteness may indicate that there is less blood flow to the tissues in your feet. Numbness is another sign that you may have a problem. Numbness may indicate that you are a victim of neuropathy. Neuropathy is one source of lack of sensitivity in feet and is caused by some diseases such as diabetes. Also neuropathy can result in foot ulcers despite killing nerves of your feet.

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.

Experiencing pains and swelling in one foot is also a possible sign that you need medical assistance. The condition in medical terms is known as edema. It is brought about by various things such as infection, a broken bone or rupture of a tendon among many others. Extreme pains that go for more than one day should also ring a bell that it is time to visit a podiatrist.

Many people who experience pains for more than a day tend to believe that with time it will stop. Such pains are caused by inner feet complications which you cannot see. A podiatrist is the only one who is in a position to tell what is going on with the help of an X ray machine or other reliable medical equipments.

It might be that there are blood vessels which have clotted or have crossed each others paths. Do not wait until a problem gets worse because it might result into a situation that will only cause tears at the end. Instead visit an Austin foot doctor for help.




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