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Podiatry
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United States: Michigan
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Arabic
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109 Answers
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A 19-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Dont touch it: If no pain dont do anything, leave it alone. If pain you may need mri.
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A 28-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Vasodilation: Check you blood pressure, have your pcp doing full workup.
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A 30-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Contusion : it should resolve in few days. If more pain to area I would advice to see your doctor for Doppler to make sure no blood clot
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A 24-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Few month : it take few month to works since toenails grow slow. You looking for at least 4 to 6 month
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A female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Should resolve : eccychmosis should resolve in 5 to 6 weeks.
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A 25-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Lack of motion : usually motion will help circulation and with cp the motion is limited and the you get more pooling of blood and they will effect the size and color o... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Go to the ER: You have an infection need investigation and full work up. It could be life threatening condition.
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A 31-year-old member asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Easy: If pain to area to need to evacuate the blood from under the toenail. See a foot doctor who's surgical board certified to drill a hole to get the bloo... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Gangrene : Small vessel disease lead to gangrene toes and fingers, google caps
catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome.
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A 18-year-old female asked:

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Podiatry 24 years experience
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A 34-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Cyst: A baker's cyst, also known as a popliteal cyst, is a benign swelling of the semimembranous or more rarely some other synovial bursa found behind the k... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Yes: But more pain and will get worse till you can't use it due to pain.
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A 25-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Yes: If no infection just leave it alone. If infection seed you will need surgery.
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A 18-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
No. It's arthritis: It's arthritis. Get some blood work done. And stay warm.
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A member asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Neuritis: It take up to 1 year to improve if it does, it might get wose and then it turn to crps. Physical therapy might help.
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A 42-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Some times : Blood thinner might play a role to increase perfusion it depend on what type of blood thinner. There is one that increase the diameter of vessels woul... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Could be many things: Splinter hemorrhage. Fungal infection Most likely. Have her see foot doctor on routine basis since she's diabetic every 70 days
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A female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
No: usually pain is on the bottom of your heel especially with early fort morning step. Top of the foot is not usual pain for plantar fasciitis. You need... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Diabetic: Four or diabetic or arthritis. Need blood work up and xray to knees
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A 31-year-old member asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Any bruise : If it's normal color time will heal It. If there is pain when walking and bruise you need xray
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A 31-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
ER : if u have blood clot at the calf you need to go to the emergency department it could be a life threaten ending condition of the clot travel to lungs. ... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
No: you have venous stasis. Any other swelling can be like abscess formation, muscle herniation. Fracture, and if you have the above trust me you will k... Read More
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A female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
How old are u : age of patient. Is the foot flexible. You need to see foot doctor for possible bracing. Usually kids with overgrow this by age 9 - 13
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A 27-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Yes : Yes. It's muscle fasciculation with spasm
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A 39-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Xray: Could be fracture or plantar fasciitis. How is your first step off bed in am. ? Is pain increase as day goes on?
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A 26-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
See foot doctor: need deep debridement and nitrogen treatment if wart.
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A 24-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Compression : Apply warm pad with compression. It will take few weeks to resolve
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A 54-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Nerve issue: could be nerve entrapment. Are u diabetic? Is another issue. You need to see your foot doctor
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A 18-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
It's fine: normal especially with athlets
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Can you apply triple antibiotic to a shallow wound, with no drainage, then cover with with duoderm ?

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
No: wound has to breath. If you don't let air exchange you will cause laceration to wound and infection
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A 23-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Either : You might have a spike still there or a cprs
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A female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Heel pain: could be plantar fasciitis or tendinitis. See your foot doctor
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A 19-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
It's your thyroid : usually pt with hypothyroid have similar condition. Keep double sock see you foot doctor and endocrinologist
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A 23-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Do nothing : either see a foot doctor to remove it so fungus won't grow under. Or your remove but bleeding might occurre. My advice go see a foot doctor
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A 29-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Yes if it healed: Remove screws will leave holes in bone it take up to 2 month to fill, i usually place patient non weight bearing till i see xray the holes is filled.
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A 25-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
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Full work up: to have discolored skin after injury means you ruptured ligament or fractured bone. Usually it take up to year to get your color back. However also p... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Xray foot: doot and tast might not be related issue. What type of medications your in that might be effecting you taste. For your foot get an xray and see your... Read More
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A 50-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Spinal impingement : sound like disk pressuring spinal cord area that effecting whole one side of the body. Any neck pain. And history of neck injury ?? See you pcp asap
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A 28-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Ocd lesion: Bracing and injection is the conservative treatment. If pain still causing you trouble have your ankle scoped
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A 32-year-old female asked:
A 44-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Injury possible : Lis franc ligament or bifricate ligament injury or sustain avulsion fracture
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A 32-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Fluid analysis : have your doctor aspirate the fluid and sent to pathology for analyst ion to rule out melegnancy. Aspiration will hel relief pain most of the time. ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Pain, joint swelling: Pain and joint swelling.
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A 51-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Always have pain : Try pain mangement spinal injections before surgery. High risk scar tissue formation.
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A female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Contusion : its soft tissue contusion. It take at least 2 month to resolve assuming no more irritation to area. It's close to bone and minimal blood supply.
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A 25-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Hyper nerve issue : could be nerve issue called CRPS. It's a serious nerve injury provoking it ie bumping toe to corners or trauma or contusion in past
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A 22-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Yes: Could be nerve from your back. See your foot doctor. Straight leg test.
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A 20-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Foot doctor: you need a partial toenail avulsion. It's should be removed from the root of the toenail. Urgent care might know how to do this
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A female asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Fungal : could be athlet foot. Use lamisil (terbinafine) Otc. If it doesn't work see your foot doctor
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A 27-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ali Elkhalilanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Many mechanism : When foot in inversion position and reflex kick to evert. Is the most commonly. Transverse plane injury
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Dr. Elkhalil is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Elkhalil is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This made me feel good. Thanks! Thank you, I may try it at some point. This has consumed me. Between disinfectants, soaps, paprtwls, sprays, alcohol. On my breaks@wrk I change socks frequently & wear ...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Im giving in to both of your suggestions and also sleeping with my foot elevated and also elevating at work with non weight bearing polities . I am praying it will im...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I will take your advice and look into that if this doesn't quiet down with rest, heat and a break with this awful awful torrential rains in the northeast.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Barry University
Graduated 2004MD
Medical/Graduate school
University of Michigan
Graduated 1999MD
Awards
Top Doctor, Second Place, Dearborn, MI - Winter
2013
Thought Leader, Second Place, Dearborn, MI - Winter
2013
Top Podiatrist, Second Place, Michigan - Winter
2013
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