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What Causes Sudden Stiffness In Feet?

Suddenly my foot and leg will stiffen so bad that my foot bends out and upward very abnormally the pain is bad it goes all the way up to my knee, scary, its not a Charlie horse, yet stiffens and I can t get it to stop even trying to straighten it back out when I stand and put weight on it.
Mon, 5 Dec 2016
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Your symptoms are typical with acute gouty arthritis. Serum uric acid should be done first. If the uric acid more than 6 mg, Start to take coichicine, non steroidal antiinflammatory drugs 50،mg 3 times daily. Insertion foot in Cold water is effective.
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What Causes Sudden Stiffness In Feet?

Your symptoms are typical with acute gouty arthritis. Serum uric acid should be done first. If the uric acid more than 6 mg, Start to take coichicine, non steroidal antiinflammatory drugs 50،mg 3 times daily. Insertion foot in Cold water is effective.