What may increase the risk of a problem from toe, foot, and ankle injuries?
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What may increase the risk of a problem from toe, foot, and ankle injuries?
Many conditions, lifestyle choices, medications, and diseases interfere with your ability to heal or fight infection. You may be at risk for a more serious problem from your symptoms if you have any of the following. Be sure to tell your health professional.
Conditions
- A toe, foot, or ankle condition present since birth (congenital defect)
- Previous injury
- Previous surgery to the injured area
Lifestyle choices
- Alcohol abuse or withdrawal
- Drug abuse or withdrawal
- Smoking or other tobacco use
Medications
- Anticoagulants, such as warfarin (Coumadin), enoxaparin (Lovenox), heparin, or aspirin
- Chemotherapy or radiation therapy
- Corticosteroids, such as prednisone
- Medications to prevent organ transplant rejection
Diseases
- Autoimmune diseases, such as lupus
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Gout
- Hemophilia
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)
- Kidney disease
- Liver disease
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteomyelitis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Septic bursitis
- Sickle cell disease
- Venous insufficiency
Credits
| Author | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Gavin W.G. Chalmers, DPM - Podiatry and Podiatric Surgery |
| Last Updated | October 27, 2008 |
| Last updated: | October 27, 2008 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Gavin W.G. Chalmers, DPM - Podiatry and Podiatric Surgery |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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