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Suggest Treatment For Severe Foot Pain In An Elderly Person

Posted on Sat, 26 Nov 2016

Question: My foot has been very painful since yesterday. I kept it elevated today and used an icebag and took naprosyn. Now I can see the veins on that one leg below the knee looking like the distended veins on my hands--I am 65 years old. There is a lot of pain all day. Do I have to panic?

Answered by Dr. Aashish Raghu (29 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Needs further investigation

Detailed Answer:
Hi there.

Thanks for the query.

Are your finding any improvement after limb elevation and Naproxen?

Does your foot feel cold?

Do you have Diabetes, Hypertension or any other diseases?

Foot pain could be due to numerous reasons like arthritis due to Gout, muscular cramps, ischaemia due to Peripheral vascular disease or varicose veinsetc.

If you are not finding relief, then it would be helpful to get your foot examined by a physician to rule out common causes of foot pain. An Xray, Doppler may be required to also look for blogs supply to the foot.

I hope I have answered your query.

I will be available to answer your follow up queries.

Regards,

Dr. Aashish Raghu

Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar