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How Can Severe Swelling On The Feet Be Treated?

My son is 53 and was diagnosed with transverse myelitis in 2005. He has hardly been able to walk unaided since then. In the last couple of months his feet have swelled so that he can t sleep at night, can t stand now hardly and he won t go to the doctors. I am very worried. He is also losing weight. Can you please advise if I can do anything to help him. Kind Regards.
Fri, 30 Jun 2017
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Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can.
This may be caused by neuropathy or ischemic changes in legs.
Cellulitis which is inflammation of subcutaneous tissues and may develop into diabetic foot with redness or pain in legs. Neuropathy may also be caused by diabetes but also other metabolic causes may be present or injury of spine. It is presented with burning pain without skin changes.
Last, ischemic changes happens due to poor circulation in legs.
If this is not your case then these symptoms are indicating circulatory problems in legs which are common in this age and there may be present atherosclerosis that obstructs blood vessels and causes pain and blisters to form.
You should do Doppler ultrasound of the leg or CT angiography to rule out such obstructive changes and then it can be treated properly by medications or by surgical and radiological procedures.

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How Can Severe Swelling On The Feet Be Treated?

Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can. This may be caused by neuropathy or ischemic changes in legs. Cellulitis which is inflammation of subcutaneous tissues and may develop into diabetic foot with redness or pain in legs. Neuropathy may also be caused by diabetes but also other metabolic causes may be present or injury of spine. It is presented with burning pain without skin changes. Last, ischemic changes happens due to poor circulation in legs. If this is not your case then these symptoms are indicating circulatory problems in legs which are common in this age and there may be present atherosclerosis that obstructs blood vessels and causes pain and blisters to form. You should do Doppler ultrasound of the leg or CT angiography to rule out such obstructive changes and then it can be treated properly by medications or by surgical and radiological procedures. I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time.