Swelling shooting pain on side of foot : sprained or broken Posted: 10-29-07 15:18pm
Hi there I was taking my 5 year old to
school and I fell UP the stairs at the
school. I have been elevating it and
applying cold but it is swelling and there
is a shooting pain going up and down the
side of my foot I think I just sprained it
because I have broken my foot before
(Other foot) and it was a more intense
feeling and sweeled more. Someone tell me
your thoughts.
My other question is For the past 2 months
I have had 2 menstural cycles though the
second is not as heavy I am concerned
what's up with my body.
Someone told me I am anemic and lacking
IRON but that kind of seems odd since I am
anemic often and this just recently
started to my body. Anyone have any clue
what's going on?
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MandMs
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Posted: 10-30-07 03:25am
It's possible that you have just sprained
your foot.
You need to lift your ankle so that the
leg is straight in front of you on a
chair, use ice packs for 20 minutes each
hours until bed time and you can apply
Arnica montana cream on your foot or you
can take tablets of this homeopatic
remedy( it's helping with pain relief,
swelling and bruising)
Can you visit your doctor and ask to be
x-rayed?
Did you have heavy periods for the last
two months?
Since when you have been anemic?
Do you take iron supplements for you
anemia?
Life style and nutrition always affect
woman's menstrual cycle.
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krystalclear
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Thank You! Posted: 10-30-07 12:07pm
I went to the Doctor after a night of
little sleep he x-rayed my foot and said
that it was a hard sprain which is better
than broken but I will be on crutches for
a few weeks he said. I am supposed to
keep off of it cause if I apply pressure
it could snap the bone and break where it
is weak. My peiods were somewhat heavy
for the first few days on the first one
and by the forth day it lightened up.
Then a week after I was off I started
again this is really frustrating and
confusing me. I only weigh 123 pounds and
I am 5 9 1/2 so with that beeing said I am
very small. I am not a big eater but I do
eat. My hubby is always giving me heck!
I give blood at blood drives probably 4
times a year which my hubby does not like
but I figure I can save lives and do my
part. I can't take supplememt because it
messes up my body. I have stomach cramps
and get really nautious and sometimes even
throw up. I can however take flinstone
vitamins with extra iron which was a
recomendation. Thanks for your thoughts
and input it helps put me at ease a little
more.
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MandMs
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Posted: 10-31-07 07:17am
As I understand from your post, you had
experienced menstrual bleeding twice in a
month. Is this happening for the first
time?
For how long you've been anemic?
You can try to improve your blood by
eating iron-rich food( chicken, turkey and
beef meat, spinach, dried apricots, dried
peaches,prunes, raisins)
