Dr. Muhammad Zohaib Siddiq
Cardiology
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Hello doctor,
I have had foot pain while moving my feet to the left and upwards or back since last night. A similarly uncomfortable feeling started to happen to me before some time (like sudden foot muscle or vein cramps or pain while standing up from sitting). Before, when I was awake and just when it started I used to straighten and stretch my feet and fingers and there was no pain or it was gone within five seconds before it start. If this is the same thing, this time it happened when I was sleeping. I was not able to stretch my feet and fingers so woke up with pain and then it started getting more painful. I started to feel pain in every step while moving my feet to the left and upwards or back. This foot is now a bit puffy or swollen than the other. Any suggestion about medication, rest, or exercise?
Hi,
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I want to ask some questions regarding your condition. What work do you do? Do you stand a lot of time? Is there any recent history of bed rest? What medicines are you taking nowadays? Do you smoke? Swelling in the foot or leg, pain on movement and pressure may be due to a condition called deep vein thrombosis. This condition occurs in those people who stand a lot of time, or who recently had surgery and are on bed rest, or those patients who have some type of cancer or taking cancer treatment, and in those people who have a genetic disease in which blood clots easily. Otherwise, this condition is rare. This condition requires a Doppler ultrasound of the leg to be diagnosed. Moreover, leg pain or foot pain requires examination of pulses, which of course is not possible here. I would recommend consulting a rheumatologist regarding this condition, as I do not think it is due to vascular causes.
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