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I Have Been Getting Swelling And Tingling In My Left

Posted on Thu, 10 Oct 2019

Question: I have been getting swelling and Tingling in my left leg and foot for over a month. I do not have any loss of feeling. I had a doctor look at these symptoms when I was there for an infection from cat scratch that got infected in that same leg. I can’t remember if this started before or after but it was close. I took antibiotics for 10 days and it cleared up the infection. I just got back from Italy where I’ve done a lot more walking than usual but this didn’t seem to affect it one way or the other

Answered by Dr. Nishad BN (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Can be due to soft tissue infection.

Detailed Answer:
Hi ma'am

Thank you for asking ask a doctor 24 7 service.

I have gone through your query and picture. It can be most likely due to soft tissue infection.
A blood routine examination should be done to find out signs of infection. Uric acid levels also should be checked because a high uric acid levels also can give such symptoms.
Antibiotics will be required in case of positive signs of infection from blood investigation. Anti inflammatory drugs like diclofenac and serratiopeptidase will be helpful to relieve pain and swelling.
If you are diabetic sugar levels also should be checked as uncontrolled sugar can worsen this condition.

Let me know if anything not clear.
I am happy to help you.
Thanks.

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