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My spouse has had a chronic swollen foot every day since last September. Went to 2 doctors one told him it was a vein problem and the other doctor told him it wasn't. Both doctors didn't do any tests. Both doctors told him to wear compression stockings but his foot is too puffed up to get the stocking on. He does take high blood pressure medicine which is a diuretic, but it doesn't help the swelling.
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Aberzerk72 mari02
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Nothing can be seen on outside but edema is a test to look inward is mandatory.
sara810 mari02
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I've had terribles issues with a swollen chronic left foot which occurred almost a year to date after I had fractured my left hip - the hip is fine now most of the time, but I have seen my orthopedist for the swelling in my left foot thinking it might be related somehow but he says not - and I've seen him twice for the swelling. My family doctor who is an internist has had every test he can think of run - doppler, xrays, bloodwork, etc. And everything is normal as it should be. My foot continues to be swollen and quite honestly, occasionally my right foot will swell a little bit but nothing to the extent of my left foot. I am having a lot of success wearing the compression stockings (which I hate) and I had to wait to put the stocking on first thing in the morning after I showered not giving my foot time to swell so much that getting the stocking on would be difficult. The compression stockings come in varying degrees of compression too, so maybe you could get a pair to start with that are a little less % compression? Also, and I believe has something to do with the swelling is that I have two toes on my left foot which really hurt - they were the thing that actually kind of signaled me that something wasn't quite right when I tried to walk - I still have it all - I have no idea why but I'd love to hear from others - oh, and I do have a diuretics I can take too.