I'm in a wheelchair,three months ago I had a accident and almost lost my foot. I had surgery on my Achilles tendon bone shavngs and what ever else they done to reattach my Achilles tendon. The problem is that I have to keep my leg elevated.When ever I lower my leg (in a matter of minutes) my foot begains to swell in the ball area by the toes.Does anyone out there knows why this happens??
I understand that the fluid travels down to my foot, but why doesn't it return like my good foot. And when we speak of fluid,I assume were speaking of the blood flow? And how long do you think this will be like this and what measures can I take to get relief or to heal faster? This problem I have is the results of a car accident. I had liability insurance, but no medical insurance. Now that I'm out of the hospital, the doctors that I had are reluctant to see me in their office, cause I haven't the ability to pay them. I'm just one of the many guys out there working from paycheck to paycheck, with no medical benfits. And now with no job and laid up. I'd like to thank my friends for telling about this web site and thanks to no-einstein for anwsering some of my question earlier today and I thank anyone else out there that can help me with my question..
I understand that the fluid travels down to my foot, but why doesn't it return like my good foot. And when we speak of fluid,I assume were speaking of the blood flow? And how long do you think this will be like this and what measures can I take to get relief or to heal faster? This problem I have is the results of a car accident. I had liability insurance, but no medical insurance. Now that I'm out of the hospital, the doctors that I had are reluctant to see me in their office, cause I haven't the ability to pay them. I'm just one of the many guys out there working from paycheck to paycheck, with no medical benfits. And now with no job and laid up. I'd like to thank my friends for telling about this web site and thanks to no-einstein for anwsering some of my question earlier today and I thank anyone else out there that can help me with my question..
The skin in those are areas are relatively loose, and the swelling fluid has to go somewhere, and since you 'lowered' your leg, like gravity, the fluid will go there.
I wish for you speedy healing and full recovery.