Pain in the feet of untreated often cause a person to move less and weight gain, to shift the balance in an unnatural manner, or increase the likelihood of falls and fractures.
"You can detect everything from diabetes to nutritional deficiencies just by examining the foot," says Jane Andersen, DPM, of the American Podiatric Medical Association.
Here are some foot conditions that can indicate health problems:
1. Toenails with slightly concave or spoon-shaped indentation
Nails are slightly concave or spoon-shaped grooves can indicate iron deficiency (anemia).
2. Hair loss in the feet or toes
Poor blood circulation, usually caused by vascular disease, can make the hair is lost from the legs. When the heart loses its ability to pump enough blood to the extremities due to arteriosclerosis (commonly known as hardening of the arteries), the body must prioritize its use.
3. Leg cramps often
Cramps that suddenly occurs in the legs, basically a muscle contraction that can be triggered by circumstances such as exercise or dehydration at a glance. But if it happens often, then it may be insufficient calcium, potassium or magnesium.
4. Pain in the lower legs
Pain in the lower leg is the main sign for diabetes.
Elevated levels of glucose can cause nerve damage in the feet, which means that minor scratches, cuts or irritation caused by pressure or friction is often not known, especially by someone who does not realize that having the disease.
If untreated, these injuries can lead to infection, even amputation.
5. Cold in the feet
Cold in the feet may indicate thyroid problems. Women over 40 years who have cold feet often have a thyroid that is not functioning properly. The thyroid is a gland that regulates the temperature and metabolism.
6. Toenails are thick and creamy
Toenails thick and yellowish in color may indicate a fungal infection that is rampant in the bottom surface of the nail. Onychomycosis can survive without pain for years.
At the moment it looks unattractive, the infection can be further developed and can be spread to all nails. This condition is most vulnerable in people with diabetes, circulatory problems, or immune deficiency disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis.
7. Big toe suddenly enlarged
Big toe suddenly enlarged, may indicate gout. Gout is a form of arthritis, also called gouty arthritis. The condition is usually caused by too high uric acid.
8. Numbness in both legs
Numbness in both legs or have a sensation of pins or needles is a hallmark of severe peripheral neuropathy, or damage to the peripheral nervous system. Peripheral neuropathy has many causes, but diabetes and alcohol abuse are common causes occur.
9. Swelling of the toe joints
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a degenerative joint disease, which often first felt in small joints, such as toes and knuckles of the hand.
10. Grooved nails
In almost half of all people with psoriasis, skin disease may also appear on the nails as nail holes or grooved. More than three-quarters of those with psoriatic arthritis. Psoriatic arthritis is a related disorder that affects the joints and skin, and nails.
11. Unable to raise the foot to the top
Unable to raise the foot up to is a signal of nerve or muscle damage that can be derived from the foot. Certain chemotherapy drugs can also cause difficulty lifting the front foot while walking or standing.
12. Nails dry and flaky skin
Fungal infections can usually be started with the condition of dry and itchy skin that later develop into inflammation and blisters. When the blisters rupture, spreading infection.
13. Changes in nail color or a combination
In cold weather, Raynaud's disease (Raynaud's phenomenon) causes white feet, then to blue, and finally looked red before returning to the natural hue. For reasons not well understood, the blood vessels in the area are experiencing vasospasm, or overreact.
14. Leg pain to walk
Broken bones due to excessive pressure is not diagnosed is a common cause of foot pain. Discomfort may be felt along the side of the foot. These fractures often occur repeatedly and can be caused by other underlying problems, such as osteopenia.
Osteopenia is a decrease in optimum bone density, especially in women over the age of 50 years. Other causes of leg fracture that is, some type of malnutrition, including deficiencies of vitamin D, calcium absorption problems, or anorexia.
15. Lump in the upper end of leg
When your toes are very swollen to the point at which to lose the usual angle seems to bump up on the ends, commonly referred to as digital clubbing.
These conditions can be a common sign of a serious disease of the lungs, including pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer. Heart disease and certain gastrointestinal diseases, such as Crohn's disease, also can be associated with clubbing.
16. Pain in the heel
Pain in the heel can indicate the condition of plantar fasciitis. Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the connective tissue (fascia) that runs along the bottom (plantar) of the foot.
17. Foot odor
Foot odor caused by hyperhidrosis tend to cause symptoms of the most smelly feet. Feet contain more sweat glands than any other body part.
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