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What Causes Swelling And Pain In The Ball Of The Foot?
Completely unexpectedly, with no prior history, or obvious injury, I went to get out of my car and felt like my left ball of my foot had something stuck between foot and sandal. When I looked it was VERY swollen and somewhat painful, though more uncomfortable due to swelling. After a couple of hours it subsided enough that as a coach of runners I went ahead and shuffled carefully around for 30 min. It felt better and swelling went down , now it is VERY purple in color. This same foot has been experiencing some Achilles and heel pain but this ball of foot has never been a problem
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Sat, 18 Feb 2017
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Dear patient thank you for your question.
It seems to me that you have a hematoma collection in the ball of your foot.
While this is nothing to be worried about and will resolve within a week max I must suggest that you do get your coagulation profile done to make sure that your platelet count etc are in order.
I hope this helped
It seems to me that you have a hematoma collection in the ball of your foot.
While this is nothing to be worried about and will resolve within a week max I must suggest that you do get your coagulation profile done to make sure that your platelet count etc are in order.
I hope this helped
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