foot pain that moves around

I've had this problem on and off, and after trying Deep Freeze and things like that, I've realised it is nothing to do with ordinary sprains. I think that if you're diabetic and bang your foot, the swelling can move around the foot until it eventually heals. I have a walking stick just in case I wake up and can't walk.

On Saturday, I tripped on the pavement and went smack nose-first into a metal barrier on the other side of the pavement. It was very embarrassing, as a car stopped to help me. I felt such a fool. Initially I was kind of OK apart from a nose bleed, and then other problems started to emerge.

• The nose bleed took hours to stop. Luckily I didn't break my nose. But the sides of my nostrils still feel "thick", and I think there is still swelling there.
• After that I realised an hour or two later that my arm was swelling. Deep Freeze and a bag of frozen peas brought that down. A blood blister on my hand is going down.
• Then a few hours after that I realised my left knee was swelling and grazed. This is also now going down due to Deep Freeze.
• Then the following day my right big toe started hurting.

It's amazing that all these symptoms didn't become apparent all at once. Some of them came on more gradually. I've tried Deep Freezing the toe, to no avail. Now the throbbing is the whole of the side of the foot and I can't walk. If this pans out the way previous foot problems have, then tomorrow the pain will move to the other side of the foot, or to the bottom of the foot, and so on moving around the foot for weeks until it heals.

Online, there are a lot of people asking about "foot pain that moves around", but no good replies. I think GPs don't realise that this may be a circulation/diabetes-related thing. Has anyone else ever had foot pain that travels?

Geordie_P said:

Gout can move around: is there any chance of it being related to gout?

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I've had gout before, but I don't think this is it - as it came on directly after tripping over the pavement. I think ibuprofen may help bring the swelling down....

Hopeful34 said:

Would it be worth getting an X-ray in case you've broken your toe? I know they tend to just strap it to the next one until it heals, but if you can't walk on it, it may be more than a sprain.

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I haven't broken my toe - I've had this thing with my foot many times before which is why I have a walking stick ready. I think people with diabetes see slow recovery of any problems with the feet. In any case, I'm in the UK, which is rapidly turning into a country WITHOUT HEALTHCARE at all. I wouldn't be able get an X-ray....

Mr_Pot said:

Have you actually tried? My daughter phoned 111 as she had abdominal pains which did not clear with antibiotics. She had to hold for a long time but they arranged a ultrasound scan appointment the same day.

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Thank you. If it's not better tomorrow, I'll phone 111. I went to bed for most of the day, and when I woke up, the toe was OK, but the pain had now moved to the ankle. This has happened to me many times before....