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Here's to Your Health:  Foot Pain (pics posted)  |
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MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
775 Posts
Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
775 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 14 2006 : 5:45:22 PM
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If you look down at your left foot, on the left which is the outside of your foot just about 2 inches behind your left pinky toe, your foot kind of sticks out a bit. Kinda comes to a mild point? Well, if you can understand that, and get an idea of where I'm talking about then you are a genius! Anyways, This "point" where that part of my foot sticks out is always getting bruised. It is a bruise that is on top of my foot and on the side and all the way onto the bottom. It is worse on the left foot than the right, but they both bruise, and both are a bit painful...hence the bruising or vice versa.
I have looked and looked online for human foot anatomy, but I cannot find anything on this part of the foot. Anyone had this problem with the foot/feet? Or does anyone have a medical book that shows what this part of the foot is called?? I found something called metatarsal, but when I searched for metatarsal pain, it was in the wrong place. I wear all kinds of shoes, and haven't gotten any new ones that would cause this all of a sudden. The only thing that could have caused it would be my anti depressant, which bruising is a side effect, but very very rare. Obviously something inside my foot is causing blood vessels to break or leak blood causing the bruise, but I am stumped!!
Thanks,
Cristine
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Edited by - MsCwick on Dec 14 2006 10:43:25 PM |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Dec 14 2006 : 8:55:11 PM
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I have no clue! I have suffered from heal pain and was finally able to heal it holistically after 2 years struggling with drs. If that is what you are interested in doing you may just want to see a doctor to get "diagnosed" so you have more of an idea of what to research online. Good luck and keep us posted. I am curious!
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Dec 14 2006 : 11:28:27 PM
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Okay...I have grabbed my daughter's pathophysiology book here. The lump/bruise is at the base of the fifth metatarsal bone where it joins the cuboid bone. Looking at this diagram, this metatarsal really "flares" out from the rest of the foot at its base, so I would doubt it involves the cuboid.
Wow, I feel so smart. I hope there isn't a test!
Di
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Edited by - DaisyFarm on Dec 14 2006 11:36:46 PM |
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 04:47:00 AM
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Oh Christine, I'd see a doctor if I were you. It looks so painful, and no wonder all your shoes hurt--there's swelling there. Try a podiatrist, maybe. Hugs to you,
Ann
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 08:48:30 AM
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| I too would recommend a doctor's visit ASAP. That is either a lot of swelling or your feet just don't look like mine! That looks so painful! |
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MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
775 Posts
Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - Dec 16 2006 : 4:20:10 PM
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| Both feet have this little hump on them on the outsides, but all of a sudden, I got out of bed one morning and realized the side of my foot hurt and by the end of the day(during summer w/o shoes) there was a 2-3 inch BAD bruise, and it's been doing it ever since. |
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sonflowergurl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Katee
Tampa 'Burbs
FL
USA
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Posted - Dec 16 2006 : 8:24:25 PM
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That spot is where a bone connects to a tendon, you may have tendonitis there or something like that. When I was in high school, I twisted my foot and tore that tendon off of the bone that goes to the pinky toe. Metatarsals are the bones that are just back from the toes (or phalanges) in the foot, so metatarsal pain could be anywhere in the foot from the tarsals forward. (It's basically the five bones that connect to the five toes.) Anyway, you should probably have it checked out. I had to wear a cast brace for any physical activity for a year after I injured my foot there...and that was as a teenager, so I probably healed faster than I would if I were to injure that place nowadays.
Katee
A life without love is like a year without summer.
"Looking Toward the Son"---- http://sonflowergirl731.blogspot.com
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Dec 16 2006 : 10:13:21 PM
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chile! don't mess around with your health .. go see your doctor. if you are on meds .. call your doc and talk with him/her. too often we let something go too long until it gets worse .. i strongly recommend never diagnosing yourself .. there are so many variables and things that symptoms could be. see your doctor! xo, frannie
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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