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Ankle disorders
Ankle injuries and disorders are conditions in which a person has problems with his ankle, such as pain, swelling, fractures, restricted movement, or joint instability. The treatment depends on the injury or disease.
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Ankle disorders?
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A 33-year old asked:
What sort of problem is an ankle injuries or disorder?
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A 36-year old asked:
What to do if I have severs disease in my ankle. I've tried everything! what should I do?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is ankle pain associated with Lyme disease?
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A 47-year old female asked:
May have a bowens disease about the size of a dime. Waiting on biopsy results it's on bottom towards ankle. Will treat will i survive this?
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A 53-year old female asked:
Swelling of ankles is down but rash and itch is still there nothing help relieve it. Upped steroids for Addison's disease and still not helping. Help?
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A 35-year old asked:
What is the disorder specific symptom, such as: a painful left foot & swollen ankle?
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A 32-year old asked:
My foot hurts between my ankle and heel. My dr. Said sever's disease but im 32 years old! is this possible? What else could it be?
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A male asked:
I get small red dots (petechia?) on my legs and ankles after a hot shower, but they aren't there regularly. Is this a sign of a serious disease?
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A 37-year old asked:
What disease or condition could explain pain in the ankle and achilles' tendon without an injury or sprain?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I have swollen ankles, I recently had a miscarriage and afterwards had bleeding 'disorders'. What should I do?
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A female asked:
Is there type of anti histermine type product that I can use to get rid of painful red marks on my legs of ankles. I am diagnosed with chrons disease.
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A 32-year old asked:
Can a broken ankle cause peripheral vascular disease?
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A 24-year old asked:
Is a broken ankle be a contributing factor to peripheral vascular disease?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can a broken ankle be a contributing factor to getting peripheral vascular disease?
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A female asked:
Ankle ortho does not know how to treat tendinitis. Referred to another ankle ortho that treats tendon disorders. Should I see ortho or podiatrist?
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A 36-year old asked:
Swollen ankles from tight socks or heart disease, how can I tell?
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A 40-year old asked:
I have the skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa along with aching shoulders hips thighs calfs ankles. What are my best options?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Xray foot/ankle report: slight scattered osteophyte formation is seen with no acute disease. Could cavus foot from retinaculum tear cause osteophytes?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Does extreme joint pain in a 78 yr old man with ipf mean the disease is progressing? His feet and ankles are also very swollen.
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A 53-year old female asked:
I have tendonitis of both wrists, and now tendonitis in my right ankle. As I have a bleeding disorder, and cannot take nsaids, what can I take?
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A 45-year old female asked:
With low tbi and pressures in left toe and abnormal waveforms in both toes but all normal in both ankles, how can you tell whether it's frostbite, vasculitis or systemic disease such as scleroderma?
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A 50-year old female asked:
Fell with impact outside left ankle. Swelling no better with RICE. pain with weight bearing. Age 50 female with sjogrens disease. If bone is cracked?
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A 45-year old male asked:
Is it possible if I have high blood pressure i could have developed peripheral arterial disease undetected and could this lead to an ankle fx nonunion?
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A member asked:
I have burning sensation in my right ankle, and sometimes it hurts when i walk on it, almost like a nerve is twisting, my other ankle swells at times too, I have rhuematoid arthritis and athersclerosis disease, could these be symptoms of either of those d
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A 48-year old female asked:
I have 3rd stage kidney disease I have to take lasik if i don't i will urinate only 1 or 2 x day and swell in feet and ankles and burn feet. How come?
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A 29-year old asked:
I have the skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa along with aching shoulders, hips, thighs, calves, and ankles. What are possible treatments to alleviate the pain?
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A 35-year old female asked:
If I have high slighty high uric acid and water retention and ankle pain could I have kidney disease? The ankle pain started first a few months ago.
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A 34-year old female asked:
I'm 34 only health issues is blood clotting disorder I took lovenox shots in my stomach. Other than that I was healthy. My normal weight is 140-150, for the last 3 years Ive stayed at 170 I cant seem to loose it! Now my right ankle is swelling.???
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A 21-year old male asked:
I have bilateral ankle clonus. Spine MRI was normal. Seeing a neurologist soon. Could MS-disease cause this by affeting the brain instead of spine?
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