Swollen Feet
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Howdy All, |
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Gout? |
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Temperature swings? Hydration or lack thereof? |
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leon wrote:Gout?sounds like a gout flare to me..quick onset ? pretty painful ? hot to touch ? reddish look ? A quick test of uric acid and maybe sed rate during a flare up will tell for sure |
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are you climbing in the sun? if so, that's probably your problem. i avoid the sun like the plague. |
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Interesting. I read about gout and am not sure that's the deal. It looks like gout usually inflames the toe joint where it connects to the base of the foot/metatarsals. That doesn't hurt. In fact, there's no joint pain. It's just the knuckle of the toe (right behind the toenail) that hurts as it gets crammed in the toe box of a climbing shoe from the swelling and hurts like a mofo. |
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Localized inflammation & vessel permeability from exercise, try nsaiding. I've had better luck with aleve & aspirin than vitamin I. If not, get blood check see if anything is out of whack & check sed rate. I assume no muscle spasms, weakness, or numbness tingling present. Further out may be arthritic, thyroid, existing meds, or just over use. |
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Fluid overload due to congestive heart failure? Have you used cocaine in your early years? Meth? Congenital heart disease? You may need to see a specialist. Rule out the ticker,then go see a rheumatologist. |
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yeah j, remember that time you were a crack baby and had that coronary bypass/aortic valve replacement w/ a pacemaker install? gooood times, bro |
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All good suggestions but it might simply be arthritis (osteo) from wearing shoes too tight in your youth. There was an article a while back about this. |
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Cool. yeah, Buff, I don't think I'm doing a ton of activity and overdoing it when this happens. if anything I'm sitting in a damn chair too much. |
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Some days my shoes fit perfect other days I need to wear socks. I think temperature either causes my feet to swell or the shoes to "change" shape. Also, my feet seem more swollen if its a longer approach. |
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Ok all joking aside. I've had a burning feeling and some swelling and it seems from doctors this may be a nerve issue in my foot toe. Try padding area with something like gauze. Nerve impact can hurt and cause other problems. |
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When you are on your feet all day regardless of the activity, gravity pulls blood into the veins of your legs, and some of the water in the blood enters the tissues of your legs and feet, causing them to swell. Climbing shoes are tight and not that comfortable for all day climbing. What makes it worse is taking your shoes off while belaying or between climbs. The shoes were providing compression so while some fluid build up occurs while wearing shoes as soon as they taken off more fluid. Putting them back on is even worse. |