Symptoms That Should Indicate When To Visit An Austin Foot Doctor

By Alyssa Riggs


Not every foot problem means that you should visit a podiatrist. Some problems are caused by exhaustion after working hard all day. Ice for calming down the situation and a little rest could solve the problem. Some conditions however do not go away and these should be the conditions that should lead you to 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.

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 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.

Another symptom that should prompt you to visit a doctor is a slow healing wound or one which is not responding to healing at all. This could mean that you may be having another serious medical condition in your body that is tampering with the healing process for instance diabetes. The wound also invites other complications such as bone infection. You should immediately seek medical assistance of a podiatrist once you discover that the wound is not responding 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.

Some patients assume that such pains will cease hence become reluctant in seeking medical assistance. What they do not know is that some pains are as a result of inner complications which cannot be seen with their naked eyes. A podiatrist with the assistance of medical machines such X ray is in the best position of seeing the source of the problems.

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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