What Causes Pain In The Feet And Persistent Dry Cough?

Posted on Tue, 27 Dec 2016

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Question : My husband is having pain in his feet, (he is not diabetic though it runs in his family and has not let me check his blood sugar), he has also had a persistent non productive cough and I have noticed he's been rubbing either his penis or testicles more frequently. All of these began about September and so far I have been unable to get him to see a physician. I made a deal with him that I would leave him alone about it until the new year. Could these three "signs" be interrelated?

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Unrelated

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on Health care magic.

I have gone through your query and understand your concern. I would insist you not to ignore the foot pain. Invariably the fasting blood sugar level needs to be checked periodically, at leastonce in a year or a couple of years. I would need to know if he has been a long term smoker as it could give him a long lasting cough. Steam inhalation should improve the situation. However the cough is possibly unrelated to the foot pain. Independent to all these, he possibly has a fungal infection which is making him handle the genitalia more frequently. Use of Candid (clotrimazole) should provide relief.

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