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Why is my right foot turning red/swelling/numb?Okay, so first off, I have a pretty bad anxiety disorder. So just thinking of this just freaks me out and oh a few nights ago put the icing on the cake. I had to take my mom to the ER, she has really bad back problems, anyway, while the doctors were fixin' her up my right foot started going numb. I ignored it and thought it was just how I was sitting. When it wouldn't go away I took my shoe off to massage it, try and get some feeling back in it. That's when I noticed that my foot was swollen, dark red and my toenail beds were purple. I took my other shoe off and my left foot was completely fine.
So of course I freaked, thinking I had a blood clot. I decided to talk to a nurse to see if she thought I should get a doctor to look at it. She took one look at it and was like "Uh yeah, you need to go to the front and admit yourself." Awesome. So of course I'm shaking/hearts pounding out of my chest.
Needless to say the Doc doesn't think it's a blood clot, he also doesn't think it's circulation. He thinks I strained my foot at work (I wear heels every night). I started to put 2 and 2 together, I usually have Dr Scholls foot inserts in my heels, but my right one fell out, so I've only been using the left. Saturday night I couldn't wear my heels at work b/c the ball of my right foot hurt so bad, even in flats it'd off and on hurt for a minute, I'd have to walk on the side of my foot, then it went away.
And as soon as I elevated my foot, it went back to regular size (it didn't swell too bad to begin with), turned back to it's regular color and was okay again. I have yet to have the symptoms as bad as the other night, but I've kept my foot elevated for the past few days.
I mean I'm 21, not over weight, I smoke a pack of cigs a day since I was about 15 or so, I don't really drink, my eating habits are horrible, but still I'm pretty young! No family history of blood clots, but my dad does have diabetes.
But there's still something deep down that is saying it's more than that. It is probably just my anxiety and the fact that this ER doctor is the very same who told me I had asthma (which after a second opinion, it was obvious I don't, no wheezing/excessive coughing) so I'm not sure how competent this doctor really is. I just can't imagine this is a sprain/strain, it doesn't hurt!! I have no insurance, so I can't go to the doctor until I save up. But until then I'd like to see what other people think. Has anyone ever heard of this before???
By the way, it only happened the one time and as soon as I put my foot up it went away. It hasn't happened since, but then again I've been putting my foot up for the past few days. Tomorrow I go back to work so I'm hoping they'll let me go without wearing heels for a bit.
-Insomniac
could be cellulitis or poor circulation.
-lynne and brad
this happened eo me before and the doctor told me my arch was falling but that was from wearing flip flops all the time but it seems like amybe urs is reverse maybe ur high heel shoes are to high and why dont you just wear tennis shoes instead of high heels they feel much better. i have anxiety too so its not just ur anxiety makin u think it is something worse.
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