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Podiatry
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
See your doctor: this can represent the start or active infection
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Yes: warts are from viruses and therefore can certainly spread. Have them treated by a foot specialist.
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A 54-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Arthritis or overuse: Aching in the ankles can occur from overuse with recent activity or with early arthritis.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Nerve injury: swelling may be present from inflammation of ankle or tendon covering (sheath). The tingling, numbness, burning is typical of nerve. This can be from ... Read More
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A 40-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
No: This fracture is in a spot that can be reinjured easily as the tendon attachment is there. Bone takes 6-8 weeks to mend even though it may not hurt. ... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Wear brace: as the injury is already over a month old, hard to know how severely is without knowing what you may have done with at home treatment or how the injur... Read More
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A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Nerve problems: numbness is typically associated with nerve problems. It may be a local nerve, neuropathy, or even from the spine. See a specialist to find out.
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A 19-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
See your doctor : it really depends on the severity and type of break. You need to follow up with your specialist to see what you can do. Doing too much too soon can ca... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Yes: the cavus is the bone position typically as in your condition at the heel. A bone cut can be made to align the heel. The retinacular repair can be d... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Not good: needs to be cleaned and likely antibiotic to prevent infection as shoe in a wound is very dirty. See a foot/wound specialist
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
See a foot doctor: depending on how severe it is it may need to be removed
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
See a foot dr: this can be early Arthritis. A foot specialist can help decide what treatments can work for you
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A 20-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Tape to next toe: taping a broken toe next to the neighboring toe helps to stabilize it while healing
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
See foot doctor: recurrent infection means that the reason for the problem has not been resolved. See a foot specialist
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Have to culture: An infection arises when bacteria (most often) or fungus overwhelm the body's ability to control it. An open wound is not always infected but can be h... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Yes : if you are walking differently, then you may strain your knees, hip, back
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Yes: ultimately anything that minimizes the stress in the bones will help give it time to heal (6-8 weeks)
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Depends on nail: a thick nail responds better to oral antifungal. A thinner discolored nail may respond to topical antifungal solution. Creams have not been shown to e... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Foot/ankle dr: a foot and ankle specialist can help determine the cause
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Ignore: Physical therapy/rehab after injury helps to prevent recurrent sprains in the future.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Podiatrist, derm: a podiatrist can help you treat this condition as well as a dermatologist
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Yes but use medicine: antifungal topical medication will work better to clear your condition.
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Yes: xrays look at bone and show shadows of soft tissue. Soft tissue problems are seen by other studies
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A 63-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Mri,ultrasound, exam: most often your specialist can figure this out with exam but ultrasound or MRI is helpful to confirm and see the extent of the problem
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Can be: repeated wearing of shoes that press toes to the point of numbness can lead to eventual nerve damage. Consider wearing shoes that give room to the toe... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Yes...ibuprofen : For heel pain it is often overuse. Ice helps very much and ibuprofen taken over the counter for a few days can help too. If the pain lingers, see a f... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Depends : if it is in good alignment, you may get more help from a foot/ankle specialist. As long as there is no broken skin, taping the toe and icing is a good... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Yes: if you have pain, then see a foot/ankle specialist
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Physical: the discs in the spine can press on nerves that go all the way to the feet. A nerve compression can result in a "bruise" to the nerve with left over s... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Specialist : stress fractures are still fractures and need 6-8 weeks to heal. If you are still having pain then the reason for it happening needs to be looked into... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Rest, ice, ace: ankle sprain can be initially treated with rest, ice, and compression with ace bandage or similar. Over the counter anti inflammatory meds (ibuprofen... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Need to see it: Really need to see what the spots look like before making any suggestions
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Maybe: if you are guarding because of pain then hopefully this will correct as you strengthen. If this is an old injury and the foot position is what you hav... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Not really: they can feel similar. A clinical exam helps best to determine one from the other as Xray does not always show stress fracture. Best to see a foot spe... Read More
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A 62-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
See foot specialist: if your feet are truly flat, there is unlikely to be a best treatment. Treatment should be chosen based on your goals. An active person may not have e... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Sharp, burning: Nerve pain can be burning, shooting, sharp. It can also present as numbness/tingling. It may follow a certain path which is a nerve branch or be gener... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Yes : depending on the flexibility of the foot and the strength of the tendons of the foot different surgical options are available. Some are simple, and s... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Ignore: Wear supportive shoes for daily wear. Maintain flexibility in your feet by stretching /flexing toes.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
No: you cannot put pressure to the area that the wound vac is in or it will lose its adhesion.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
You don't : a Charcot foot is a recurrent risk. It can be realigned if it is inactive but surgical intervention is to provide a better walking platform, not to c... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Yes: helpful in early stages. Rehab after ankle sprain is important for long term improvement/preventing recurrenec
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Not necessarily : Swelling often occurs when feet are down. This happens more when if you are overweight and with heat/humidity. It can also be a sign of high blood pr... Read More
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A 62-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Ideally no: depends how far along you are in the healing process. Too much movement will probably just irritate your foot/ankle. Ultimately, you should check wit... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Unlikely: a thick toenail can occur from repeated trauma or fungal infection. Either way the nail root is affected and consultation with a podiatrist is best fo... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Tendon: a major tendon of the foot attaches to the navicular, or in your case the accessory navicular. Pulling at this attachment is painful and is a typical... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
From elevated sugars: a common complaint of someone who has diabetes is that they may notice worse numbness tingling after meals (especially high carb/sugar). See a family ... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Need photo : need a photo to see what this looks like and some background when it began
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Ice/compression: while the injury is new ice is better along with compression(ace bandage) to get the swelling down and pain managed. Ibuprofen can help as well. If yo... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
No: they are typically present from too much pressure in an area or poor blood flow. See a foot specialist to help resolve them
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Meeta Pancholianswered
Podiatry 28 years experience
Should not: lotrisone (clotrimazole and betamethasone) is an antifungal intended for intact skin not wounds. A wound culture can help determine if an antifungal i... Read More
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