Swollen Ankles

[AlisonM]

I don't know if it has anything to do with the Big D but my ankles are really, really swollen. Just this last few days, they've been puffing up something awful by the afternoon. They don't hurt or feel hot so I don't think it's the rheumatics but I wonder if it's worth troubling the doctor over? Anyone else had this problem?

 

[gail2]

if its worrying you at all see your gp and put your mind at rest . I do get this sometimes dont know if its D related or not
gail

 

[Catwoman76]

I don't know if it has anything to do with the Big D but my ankles are really, really swollen. Just this last few days, they've been puffing up something awful by the afternoon. They don't hurt or feel hot so I don't think it's the rheumatics but I wonder if it's worth troubling the doctor over? Anyone else had this problem?

Hi Alison, it could just be the extreme hot weather that we have had over the past couple of days. Or, it could be fluid build up. Tia's dad has this and he takes water tablets.
If you don't want to bother your dr at the moment, then see a Triage Nurse, they are pretty good.

I hope you can get some help. Take care and best wishes Sheena

 

[Hanmillmum]

Hi, some people get fluid retention with the heat, you can check if it is this by pressing your finger against the swelling and seeing if it leaves an indentation. Hope that makes sense! Best to seek GP or practise nurse advice though, in the meantime put those feet up !

 

[AlisonM]

Ladies, I'm in the far frozen north. We had a high today of 64 degrees F, positively tropical for Inverness, but not what you've had to put up with down south lately.

Tried pressing the ankles, no indentations. Oh yes, I'm not preggers and not due on either. I think I'd better phone tomorrow, just to be safe.

 

[Susieb]

Swollen Feet and Ankles

Alison - yes join the club, I am really suffering for about the last 6 weeks. I am going back to the doctors tomorrow. I have seen two different diabetic nurses at my clinic, one of them said she got swollen feet sometimes too (!!! very helpful - not!!) and the other one did something called a Doppler Test where she checked to see if I had good pulse/blood flow in my feet/legs (which apparently I do). Unlike yourself, I do have a good deal of pain with it, either on the outside of my ankle but mostly on the instep which is why I am returning to the doctors. If yours is not painful the advice given to me was to elevate whenever possible and not to sit or stand for too long (contradictory to say the least). I was also put on water tablets which I have to say did nothing for me to ease it. No one has been able to say if it is specifically linked to the diabetes but if you're not happy about it see your docotr/nurse. Sorry to go on so but its an enormous thing in my life at the moment because I can't get any shoes on !!!

 

[AlisonM]

Spoke to the duty doctor and she said I can have water pills if I want but I'd be better off elevating my feet and resting, my foot test last month were perfect apparently. I may have been walking too much she said! Once I got home and put my feet up the swelling was gone within an hour. I'm to call her again if it gets worse or starts to hurt.

 

[gail2]

thats good to hear bet its put your mind at rest
gail