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Suggest Remedy For Swelling In Foot And Ankle With Pressure In Chest, Fatigue And Breathlessness

I have tightness in my chest with swollen right foot and ankle...fatigue,shortness of breath..the pain happens at least once a day and lasts for less than a min and then happens again up to 3 times an episode.I have had 3 TIA s 2 i went to the hospital..the last one i just laid down till i felt better. I high been told i am borderline diabetic 6.4% and have neuropathy of the feet..and nerve pain. I am on gabapentin for this, water pill and Potassium for fluid build up, and a blood thinner atenolol for prevention. Its not going away. I have had a nuclear cardio stress test,carotid artery test. All tests come back no blood clots.no blockage.
Wed, 30 Mar 2016
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hi,

thank you for providing a brief history of you.

if you are on a border line of diabeties you need to control your sugar level. for which I can advice you to go on a boiled food for a week. pre starting and post 7 day you can check your blood sugar levels again. which will surely give a variation on it. if the variation is positive then you can continue the diet. along with this, you can do regular exercises for the general body conditioning which will help on for metabolism you be functioning well. Ofcourse you will have your medicine which you can continue on regular basis as advised by the physician.

let's look on to the neuropathic pain, for which you can take a guidance from a physical therapist who will help you with TENS therapy and it will help ease pain.

for swelling use warm water fermentation and then Keep the leg eleveated for 15-20 minutes. post that do some small exercises like ankle toe movements and straight leg raise.

with the grace of God I wish you a speedy recovery.
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Suggest Remedy For Swelling In Foot And Ankle With Pressure In Chest, Fatigue And Breathlessness

hi, thank you for providing a brief history of you. if you are on a border line of diabeties you need to control your sugar level. for which I can advice you to go on a boiled food for a week. pre starting and post 7 day you can check your blood sugar levels again. which will surely give a variation on it. if the variation is positive then you can continue the diet. along with this, you can do regular exercises for the general body conditioning which will help on for metabolism you be functioning well. Ofcourse you will have your medicine which you can continue on regular basis as advised by the physician. let s look on to the neuropathic pain, for which you can take a guidance from a physical therapist who will help you with TENS therapy and it will help ease pain. for swelling use warm water fermentation and then Keep the leg eleveated for 15-20 minutes. post that do some small exercises like ankle toe movements and straight leg raise. with the grace of God I wish you a speedy recovery.