To avoid dragging the toes, people with foot drop may lift their kneehigher than normal. Or they may swing their leg in a wide arc. Foot drop can happen to one foot or both feet at the same time. It can strike at any age.In general, foot drop stems fromweakness or paralysis of the muscles that lift the foot. It can have many different causes. Treatments for foot drop vary according to the cause. Most common causes and treatments for foot drop. What causes foot drop? Foot drop is a symptom of an underlying problem, rather than a disease itself. It can be temporary or permanent. Causes of foot drop include: Nerve injury Brain or spinal disorders Muscle disorders Here's some more detail on these causes: Nerve injury. Most commonly, foot drop is caused by an injury to the peroneal nerve. The peroneal nerve is a branch of the sciatic nerve that wraps from the back of the knee to the front of the shin. Because it sits very close to the surface, it may be damaged easily. An injury to the peroneal nerve may also be associated with pain or numbness along the shin or the top of the foot. Some common ways the peroneal nerve is damaged or compressed include: Sports injuries Diabetes Hip or knee replacement surgery Spending long hours sitting cross-legged or squatting Childbirth Time spent in a leg cast Injury to the nerve roots in the spinemay also cause foot drop. Brain or spinal disorders. Neurological conditions can contribute to foot drop. These include: Stroke Multiple sclerosis (ms) Cerebral palsy How do doctors treat foot drop? Treatment for foot drop will depend on the cause. Early treatment may improve chances of recovery. Treatments may include: Lightweight braces Shoe inserts (orthotics) Physical therapy Surgery Lightweight braces are the most common treatment. They're used to support the leg. Physical therapy is used to strengthen foot and leg muscles. It may improve a person's ability to walk. In some cases, electronic devices that stimulate the leg nerves during walking may be appropriate. Surgery may be recommended to try to repair or decompress a damaged nerve. In cases where foot drop is permanent, surgery to fuse the foot and ankle joint or to transfer tendons from stronger muscles may help improve gait and stability Foot drop, sometimes called" drop foot" is the inability to lift the front part of the foot. This causes the toes to drag along the ground while walking.To avoid dragging the toes, people with foot drop may lift their kneehigher than normal. Or they may swing their leg in a wide arc.Foot drop can happen to one foot or both feet at the same time. It can strike at any age.In general, foot drop stems fromweakness or paralysis of the muscles that lift the foot. It can have many different causes. Treatments for foot drop vary according to the cause. Most common causes and treatments for foot drop.

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Asked for male, 33 years old from Jalgaon

Hi, am 31 years old male, I had done blood test whereas there is following deficiency:- i) URIC ACID PHOTOMETRY 9.1 mg/dl 3.5-7.2, ii) CHLORIDE I.S.E 107.5 mmol/l 98-106, iii) TOTAL CHOLESTEROL PHOTOMETRY 264 mg/dl 125-200, iv) LDL CHOLESTEROL - DIRECT PHOTOMETRY 177 mg/dl 85-130, v) TC/ HDL CHOLESTEROL RATIO CALCULATED 5.3 Ratio 3 - 5, vi) LDL / HDL RATIO CALCULATED 3.5 Ratio 1.5-3.5,vii) NON-HDL CHOLESTEROL CALCULATED 214.1 mg/dl < 160, viii) ALANINE TRANSAMINASE (SGPT) PHOTOMETRY 42.2 U/l 13-40, ix) 25-OH VITAMIN D (TOTAL) C.L.I.A 8.45 ng/ml. As I have done said test at Thyrocare- aarogya C, please guide me.

Dr. Aanand J91%(34747 ratings)

Advanced Aesthetics

Ayurveda•Gulbarga

your cholestrol level is more and uri acid also and you start walking in morning and take tab-trigliceride 1_1 tab 2 times a day for 3 month. Avoid more oily good and junk foods all reports r normal.

Health Query

Sir I have pulmonary tuberculosis but Now right side arm and neck shoulder pains and. Some time s chest pain and low fiver coming and breathing less at the talking time. Very numbness. Some time weight. increase. and decrease and s please advice complete att 6 months my details. Fluid ad 48. Fluid 2300 sugar 92 protein 3.79 plura effusion my history CBP 13.7/6100/280. Liver function normal sgpt 37. Sgot. 30 sodium Na 138 potassium K 3.8 chloride 99 Renal function Test (1) uria 32. Uric acid 5.8. Creatinine 1.0. CALCIUM 9.3. Tyrod normal. vitamin 12. 363. Glycosylated hemoglobin 5.81.

Dr. Jatin Soni

MBBS

General Physician•Mumbai

Apart from taking symptomatic and TB treatment I will suggest you to take injection vitcofol 2cc intramuscularly every fourth days for five pricks over the buttocks through a health professional

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Asked for female, 45 years old from Kolkata

Hello, I have been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis last year and I also have diabetes from the last 10 years. Now recently through tests, I got to know that I have acute pyelonephritis. Our doctor has given us antibiotics for 4 days and asked us to do the kft again. I just get the kft reports now and I am attaching it here. Please have a look at this. And help me with what should I do next. However, my diabetes is in control now my fasting glucose ranges between 80- 100 and random glucose level ranges between 140- 150. Kft -- urea - 94.90 mg/dl creatinine- 1.09 mg/dl uric acid - 5.40 mg/dl calcium total - 8.14 mg/dl phosphorus - 5.23 mg/dl alp - 178 u/l total protein - 6.70 g/dl albumin - 2.57 g/dl a: g ratio - 0.62 sodium - 131.93 meq/l potassium - 6.12 meq/l chloride - 106.00 meq/l.

Dr. S.K. Tandon93%(53294 ratings)

M.D. Consultant Pathologist, CCEBDM Diab...read more

Sexologist•Sri Ganganagar

Urea is still raised
Albumin is low
Sodium also low
Calcium is low and phosphorus slightly raised
Any more query

Asked for female, 45 years old from Chennai

My father-in-law is a CKD patient and he is taking treatment from 2012 with creatinine-3.5 Urea-80. His current levels are: HB: 9.80 Blood sugar: 108.9 Urea: 150 Creatinine: 6.82 GFR: 8 Sodium: 140 Potassium: 4.5 Chloride: 101 Bicarbonates: 25 Urine Analysis: Protein: 30 Blood CA 25 ery/ul Dr. Suggested to go for HD and fix the fistula in hand so that dialysis can be done whenever needed instead of doing in the neck if any emergency. As of now he is not having any symptoms like swelling, nausea, vomiting, itching. He is taking diet food normally and water in take 500 ml per day and urine output is 750 ml per day. In this condition, kindly suggest how to handle the situation whether we need to start dialysis now or continue with medication. If the fistula fixed now, is there any minimum period to start the dialysis?

Dr. Bhagyesh Patel94%(8331 ratings)

MS - General Surgery, FMAS.Laparoscopy

General Surgeon•Gandhinagar

Hello dear Warm welcome to Lybrate.com
I have evaluated your query for your father in law thoroughly.* Any dialysis decision depends upon the severity of the symptoms. As there are no other detrimental symptoms, I do not recommend for fistula at present, keep medications, dietary precautions, regular consultation with urologist.* Once fistula is fixed, he has to undergo minimum once a week dialysis without failure. Hope this clears your query. Wishing him fine recovery. Welcome for any furth...more

Health Query

Please what does my blood test say? Urea (2.1-7.1 normal) 3.8 mmol/l, sodium (135-155 normal) 137 mmol/l, potassium (3.4-5.3 normal) 3.4 mmol/l, chloride (98-108 normal) 109 mmol/l, bicarbonate (21-31 normal) 19 mmol/l, creatinine (55-116 normal) 114 mmol/l, total bilirubin (<17.1 normal) 7.9 umol/l, conj. Bilirubin (<3.4 normal) 4.0 umol/l, sgot (40 nomal) 35 u/l, sgpt (40 normal) 37 u/l, alk phosphatase (98-279 normal) 151 u/l, total protein (64-89 normal) 92 g/l, albumin (36-58 normal) 56g/l.

Dr. Satyajeet P Pattnaik93%(1033 ratings)

MBBS, MS- General Surgery, MCH- Urology,...read more

Urologist•Mumbai

The normal level for creatinine in a blood sample is up to 110μmol/l for males (0.11mmol/l) and 90μmol/l (0.09mmol/l) for females. Males have higher serum creatinine levels than females because males have greater muscle mass. As kidney function declines, creatinine and urea accumulate in the blood.

Asked for male, 44 years old from Gwalior

My age is 41, I have severe dandruff and most of the time itching, damaged the skin, some times thick layers use to spill from hairs, .when I was in abroad a doctor advised to use a shampoo novaphane ds of acm lab, (composition: aqua (water), sodium laureth sulfate, dipropylene glycol, coco-betadine, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, piroctone olamine, sodium lactate, decyl glucoside, salicylic acid, zinc pyrithione, polyquaternium-7, glycyrrhetinic acid, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, sodium polynaphthalenesulfonate, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, citric acid, ci 15985 (yellow 6), ci 19140 (yellow 5).).after using this shampoo I have seen moderate decrease in itching and dandruff fall, but I was happy, is there any shampoo with same composition in india. Pls it would be great help. Thanks.

Dr. Narasimhalu C.R.V.(Professor)91%(67906 ratings)

MD, MBBS

Dermatologist•Chennai

Don't worry...you are suffering from seborrheic dermatitis causing dandruff... Medicine available for good control... Treatment depends on the severity..Do direct online consultation for detailed prescription by sending photos.

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Asked for male, 43 years old from Ahmedabad

Hi, recently my health check is done and there are some reading which are outside normal range. Pls find below readings hba1c - 5.7% average blood glucose - 117 lymphocyte % - 41% monocyte - absolute count - 0.16 red cell distribution width - sd - 50.7 platelet dist width - 9.1 platelet to large cell ratio - 15.2% homocysteine - 52.5 b12 - 221 lipase - 46.9 blood ketone (d3hb) - 0.24 fructosamine - 245.3 bilirubin (indirect) - 0.94 hdl - direct - 35 chloride - 98.9 pls suggest it indicates any disease or am I required to take any medicine.

Dr. Sajeev Kumar91%(40820 ratings)

C.S.C, D.C.H, M.B.B.S

Cardiologist•Alappuzha

Your results are generally good and there s however a small chance of diabetes you take care from now itself by reducing carb and sugar intake and do exercises.

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Foot Drop

Dr. Anuradha Sharma91%(19567 ratings)

MPT - Orthopedic Physiotherapy, BPTh/BPT...read more

Physiotherapist•Noida

To avoid dragging the toes, people with foot drop may lift their kneehigher than normal. Or they may swing their leg in a wide arc.

Foot drop can happen to one foot or both feet at the same time. It can strike at any age.In general, foot drop stems fromweakness or paralysis of the muscles that lift the foot. It can have many different causes. Treatments for foot drop vary according to the cause. Most common causes and treatments for foot drop.

What causes foot drop?

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Asked for female, 59 years old from Bangalore

What is the use of ovunal sc 5000 injection? Please help Is there any danger in taking injection.

Dr. Ashwini Manhas90%(93 ratings)

General Physician•Mohali

Dear Lybrate user. Although ovunal can have more than one uses. But more commonly it's given to females in case they are unable to conceive. It helps in releasing Ovum from ovaries and increasing the chances of conception. Especially if it's due to deficiency of certain female hormones.

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Health Query

Sir, l am student. I am reading to B. A. Sc. When I read, my eyes out water. Please help me.

Dr. Jayvirsinh Chauhan93%(35817 ratings)

MD - Homeopathy, BHMS

Homeopath•Vadodara

Hi ghanchand..
You may consult for homoeopathic treatment...
Also do regular warm compression..
Don't use mobile or computer for long...
Wash your eyes with clean water often...
Take a multivitamin tablet.
Do shirshasanas regularly..

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