Active Questions
| Diet & Health / 2:12 AM - Friday November 20, 2009 |
This question is for people who have experienced heart failure and/or pulmonary embolisms.Has anyone ever had a problem with their bottom of their foot itching and you itch so hard it that you itch it raw? Also, was it prior to and or following a heart condition? Mine started early this summer and I know it is not dry skin or fungus as the skin looks very healthy but beneath that it just itches like mad. It is only on one foot and I don't have any plantars warts either. I suffered from heart failure and a pulmonary embolism in August and I am just wondering if they are related? This condition has lightened up a little but never went away. It recently started getting bad again and I am also having more symptoms besides the foot that coincide with heart failure and blood clots in my leg such as shortness of breath, water retention and hot spots on my leg. - Asked by carolcub26, A Hippie Chick, Female, 36-45, Minneapolis |
|
|
It sounds like a circulation problem, more than likely relating to your previous embolisms. When blood doesn't circulate into certain parts of the body that part begins to die and when parts of the body begin decomposing with lactic acids that build up you can have severe itching.
- Response by diglebe2, A Guy Critical, Male, 29-35, Self-Employed
Rating Received: |
|
|
Well, digelbe wrote a very excellent response. You should really see your cardiac specialist. But you know that, don't you?
- Response by rholuc, A Sweet Sarah, Female, 66 or older, Retired
Rating Received: |
|
|
I'm no Dr. but it sounds like its time to get in quick. Blood clots can be fatal & shortness of breath is never nice. I used to have asthma as a child. Thankfully I outgrew it for the most part.
- Response by 1cour, A Thinker, Female, 29-35, Minneapolis, Retail
Rating Received: |
