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Why am I having shooting pain in my calves after walking?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 60 year old known diabetic. Since two years, I am having severe leg pain when I walk even for a small distance. I have shooting pain in my calves after just 10 minutes of walk. Doctors have diagnosed it as calcification of nerves. I have attached my reports for your reference. P... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. You are having intermittent claudication due to a peripheral arterial disease as demonstrated by your arterial ultrasound (attachment removed to protect patient identity). I am hoping it is a Doppler ultrasound. It appears that your diabetes is under control and you do n... Read Full »
How to prevent the spread of PAD to the rest of my body?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 47 year old female, who has had a 90 % blocked carotid artery and subsequent endarterectomy at the age of 42 years. A year later, I had a massive heart attack and 100 % block in my right coronary artery. I was just diagnosed with PAD (Peripheral Artery Disease) last week. Additi... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read through your query in detail. Please find my observations below. Statins are widely used to treat PAD. Depending on other conditions, antihypertensives and medicines to control blood sugar levels are prescribed to patients with hypertension and diabetes res... Read Full »
Can antibiotics help in reducing persistent swelling in my legs?
Query: Hello doctor, Before six years, my legs had gotten swollen for seemingly no reason, and within a year after that without changing my diet I started to gain an excessive amount of weight. Doctor did not know what it was, so he sent me to every specialist for a bunch of tests then finally a vascular... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Are you a diabetic? Can you send me pictures of your legs, if possible? Is filariasis endemic in your area? Possible causes are like: 1. Cellulitis of lower limb. 2. Filariasis with lymphangitis. 3. Myxedema with secondary infection. Also, there is a poss... Read Full »
Why is there a sharp and shooting pain in finger?
Query: Hello doctor, I am having a sharp, shooting pain in my middle finger. It is uninjured and there is no swelling, bruising, or discoloration. The pain is not constant. It comes when I press on something with that finger (it is my right middle finger), when I grip something at an uneven angle, and whe... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. There are a few possibilities based on your symptoms. 1. Sensory neuralgia- Due to diabetes. This is weakening of nerves due to diabetic neuropathy. 2. Sensory neuralgia due to cervical spondylosis- The nerves (electrical wires) to hand start from the spinal cord i... Read Full »
Is it acceptable to take two blood thinners at the same time?
Query: Hello doctor, My father is 80 years old. He has diabetes for the past 30 years and hypertensive for the past five years. Has had a bypass before six years and also had a stroke before 14 years. For the past two days, he had shooting pain in his right foot, so we consulted a podiatrist. He changed hi... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. He is on blood thinner, drug for peripheral vascular disease, prostate problems, and drug for neuropathic pain. Among provided list Cilostazol which has been prescribed based on colour Doppler and can interact with Aspirin. However still, these two can be prescribed... Read Full »