Foot Symptoms, Diagnosis And Self-Care Chart Page 3
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4See your doctor. Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
13. Do you have a fever and are your joints
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS may be the
may include medications, physical therapy, exer-
tender, sore, red or swollen?
cause of the pain.
cise and, in some cases, surgery.
14. Do you have a red, swollen big toe that
You may have GOUT.
See your doctor.
hurts when anything touches it?
See your doctor. He or she can suggest special
Your pain may be from a HEEL SPUR, a
15. Do you have intense pain near your
stretching exercises to help relieve the pain. A soft
small bulge from the heel bone, but more
heel when you put weight on it?
insole or a firm insole with a hole under the spur
likely to be due to PLANTAR FASCIITIS.
may also help.
Use an over-the-counter athlete's foot spray or
16. Do you have a moist, white area of
cream. Wash your feet thoroughly with soap and
peeling skin and itching between your toes,
These may be symptoms of a fungal infec-
water twice a day. Be sure to dry your feet
and/or scaling and itching skin on your
tion called ATHLETE'S FOOT.
completely. If your symptoms aren't better in 1 to 2
foot?
weeks, see your doctor. If the affected area is very
red and tender, see your doctor sooner.
17. Do you have a burning pain at the base
Wear wide shoes with soft insoles. Over-the-
You may have MORTON'S NEUROMA, a
of a toe on the bottom of your foot, along
counter anti-inflammatory medication or ice
noncencerous growth of nerve tissue.
with tingling or numbness in your toes?
massages may help relieve the pain.
You may have an infection called
URGENT
18. Is a part of your foot red, swollen, warm
CELLULITIS. If you have diabetes, an in-
See your doctor promptly. Cellulitis is usually
and tender?
fection of your foot may be more common
treated with antibiotics.
and more dangerous.
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