Symptoms That Should Indicate When To Visit An Austin Foot Doctor

By Alyssa Riggs


You should not run to a podiatrist all the time you experience pain in your feet. Some problems are as a result of tiredness after having a busy day. Rest and ice for cooling the pain is what may be needed. Some problems however tend to be persistent. These are the complications which should force you to visit the office of an Austin foot doctor.

You are supposed to take note of signs which could pose serious problems to your general health. Some problems result in tears in the end. These are diseases which may result in a person losing his foot for instance after doing all that can be done to treat them. These are diseases which force doctors to cut patients feet after being left with fewer options because if not so they could spread to other tissues of the body.

You should therefore be able to note early symptoms which could lead to deadly feet diseases. Foot discoloration for instance is one symptom. Your feet should have the same color but if there is a major difference note that you might be having foot disease. Gout is noted by redness. Gout is inflammation of the joints and you may occasionally spot it on the big toe of a foot in many victims. It is caused by urates which are deposited in the joints because of metabolic defects that cause uric acid accumulation in the blood.

Whiteness may indicate that there is less blood flow to the tissues in your feet. Numbness is another sign that you may have a problem. Numbness may indicate that you are a victim of neuropathy. Neuropathy is one source of lack of sensitivity in feet and is caused by some diseases such as diabetes. Also neuropathy can result in foot ulcers despite killing nerves of your feet.

Slow healing of wounds or lack of response of wounds to healing is another sign that you need medical assistance. This means that there are other diseases in your body which are preventing the wounds from healing for example diabetes. The slow or unresponsive healing also gives chances to other complications to occur such as skin infections. You need to see a doctor immediately you notice that the wound is unresponsive to healing.

Experiencing pains and swelling in one foot is also a possible sign that you need medical assistance. The condition in medical terms is known as edema. It is brought about by various things such as infection, a broken bone or rupture of a tendon among many others. Extreme pains that go for more than one day should also ring a bell that it is time to visit a podiatrist.

Many victims who go through pains that last for more than twenty four hours sometimes believe that the pains will cease hence are reluctant in seeking treatment. Some persistent pains are brought about by inner damages or complications you may not be in a position to see. A podiatrist on the other hand could be able to see them with the help of medical equipments such as an X ray machine.

Blood vessels crossing one another and clotting are some of the things you cannot see but a podiatrist can by using medical equipments. The best thing is never to wait until a disease gets worse because the only condition you may experience at the end if you wait is emotional pain. With the help of an Austin foot doctor you can treat a disease as early as possible after noting the symptoms.




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