This document discusses 10 health conditions that can be indicated by symptoms in the feet. The feet contain nerves, bones, and blood vessels that allow them to detect early signs of problems elsewhere in the body. Conditions like peripheral neuropathy, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, plantar fasciitis, and vascular disease can all potentially cause symptoms that manifest first as odd sensations or pain in the feet. It's important to pay attention to foot symptoms as the feet may be detecting health issues before other signs appear.

2. These Feet are
Made for Talkin’
What Your Feet Can
Tell You About Your Health.

3. Notice any
changes in
your feet lately?

4. Felt any strange
sensations throughout
the day?

5. Listen up!

6. It turns out your feet
may be excellent
communicators.

7. With a complex
structure of nerves,
bones, and
blood vessels

8. and a nice long
distance from your
heart and central
nervous system.

9. Your feet are in
a perfect place to
give some early
warning signs of
health risks that
should not be ignored.

10. Here are
10 messages your
feet may
pick up first!

12. Do your feet
feel like they just
came in from a
day in the snow?
#1 Peripheral Neuropathy

13. Are they
tingly, cold,
or numb?
#1 Peripheral Neuropathy

14. You may have
peripheral neuropathy
due to diabetes,
alcohol abuse,
or chemotherapy.
#1 Peripheral Neuropathy

16. #2 Gout
Do you ever wake up
feeling like your big
toe is on fire?

17. #2 Gout
How about your
instep, knees,
or Achilles tendon?

18. #2 Gout
Is there any
swelling or red/purple
discoloration?

19. #2 Gout
These are classic
signs of gout -
a painful build-up
of uric acid.

21. #3 Rheumatoid Arthritis
Swelling in the small
joints of the toes?
Stiffness? Aches?

22. Does it hit
the same toe on
the other side?
#3 Rheumatoid Arthritis

23. Arthritis may be
setting in - even if the
pain flares up
and goes away.
#3 Rheumatoid Arthritis

25. Can’t get
the pebble out
of your shoe?
#4 Neuroma

26. Did you look for the
pebble and not find
it? Was it in between
your toes?
#4 Neuroma

27. It may not be an
invisible pebble:
#4 Neuroma

28. It may be your
foot telling you you
have a neuroma.
#4 Neuroma

30. You step out of bed
in the morning…
#5 Plantar Fasciitis

31. #5 Plantar Fasciitis
BANG! Your heel is
stabbed with pain!

32. #5 Plantar Fasciitis
…And then it goes
away after
you’ve been moving
around a bit.

33. #5 Plantar Fasciitis
Don’t ignore it.
Your foot may be
screaming that you
have plantar fasciitis.

35. Are your feet
looking strangely…
patriotic?
#6 Reynaud’s Syndrome

36. Your feet should not
turn the colors of the
American Flag. Even
on Independence Day.
#6 Reynaud’s Syndrome

37. If they do, your
nerves may be
spasming due to
Reynaud’s Syndrome
#6 Reynaud’s Syndrome

39. #7 Bunions and Hammertoe
Are your shoes
just not fitting
right anymore?

40. #7 Bunions and Hammertoe
Are your toes
curling in? Do they
feel crowded?

41. #7 Bunions and Hammertoe
No, your shoe hasn’t
shrunk. You may
have bunions or
hammertoe, often
a result of
improper footwear.

42. #7 Bunions and Hammertoe
And if you
have bunions or
hammertoe, you may
also have…

44. #8 An Entrapped Nerve
An entrapped nerve
simply means a nerve
that is not passing
where it used to be
able to.

45. #8 An Entrapped Nerve
Some structure
is pressing down on it
and it is sending
a signal of pain
to the brain.

46. #8 An Entrapped Nerve
The entrapped
nerve may be
a symptom of…

48. Like its more well-known
cousin in the hand,
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
can be quite painful.
#9 Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

49. It is often a result
of use and it occurs
when the Tarsal
Tunnel pinches
the Posterior
Tibial Nerve.
#9 Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

51. #10 Vascular Disease
Are your
feet going bald?

52. Feet are not prone to
pattern baldness. But
they can lose their hair
if blood isn’t providing
the nutrients needed
for hair growth.
#10 Vascular Disease

53. Pay attention to this
- especially if the skin
on the foot becomes
hard or shiny.
#10 Vascular Disease

54. You may have
vascular disease…
and your foot
may be telling you
early enough to take
life-saving steps.
#10 Vascular Disease

55. As you can see,
some of these
conditions are related,
some are not.

56. There are appropriate
medical therapies for
all of them, and all of
them require action.

57. When your
feet speak, listen.

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other foot conditions
are causing you pain,
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