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What Causes Shortness Of Breath Along With Swelling In The Ankles?

My feet and ankles have been swollen for the most part of a yr.. They may go down for a day or two, but they always swell back up.. Ive also been having shortness of breath.. My dr ha put me on water pills, potassium, and several different meds, I have changed my diet, and stopped drinking soda and nothing has worked.. Its gotten so bad that its hard for me to walk due to the pain and the swelling is putting pressure on my ankles and causing them to go out.. Any suggestions??
Mon, 4 Dec 2017
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Dear patient
pain and swelling in both ankles with shortness in breath my first diagnosis would be heart problem. Are you hypertensive? if yes this may be sign of early heart weakness. If you have no heart issues or hypertension local ankle pathology needs to be taken care of. where exactly is your pain ? if it is in lower part of ankle plantar fascitis is likely , if ot is begins ankle retrocalcaneal bursitis or a chilled tendinopathu is likely, if it is on lateral aspect of ankle peroneal tendon bursitis is likely. What i mean is there are multiple possible diagnosis and mere ankle pain will not help me in identifying your disease. Detailed examination by expert orthopaedic surgeon is required to identify the pathology. Meanwhile start tab zerodol sp twice a day for pain and swelling relief.
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What Causes Shortness Of Breath Along With Swelling In The Ankles?

Dear patient pain and swelling in both ankles with shortness in breath my first diagnosis would be heart problem. Are you hypertensive? if yes this may be sign of early heart weakness. If you have no heart issues or hypertension local ankle pathology needs to be taken care of. where exactly is your pain ? if it is in lower part of ankle plantar fascitis is likely , if ot is begins ankle retrocalcaneal bursitis or a chilled tendinopathu is likely, if it is on lateral aspect of ankle peroneal tendon bursitis is likely. What i mean is there are multiple possible diagnosis and mere ankle pain will not help me in identifying your disease. Detailed examination by expert orthopaedic surgeon is required to identify the pathology. Meanwhile start tab zerodol sp twice a day for pain and swelling relief.