The Foot of My Friend

Bruh’s got a foot like a Ren & Stimpy close up.

I can hear the foghorn sound

The term is known as a “gross-up”

*gross foghorn*

Oh God… the unnecessarily horrificly detailed closeups! You’d never see em coming.

flapjack had some really good ones too lmfao

“flap me boy, you don’t need to wash your face!” **horrific scream as we cut to a disfigured grotesque of bad health**

You’re on your toes with that one

Foot looks like Log

It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood!

It’s Log, it’s Log! It’s better than bad, it’s good!

Everyone wants a log

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🧟‍♀️

I haven’t laughed so much at something in so long. Thank you random Redditor!

That is a nice textbook Charcot foot. The nerves in the feet are so damaged that your buddy is constantly traumatizing the joints and tissues while also having poor ability to heal. Eventually the foot looks like that.

Your post is exemplary of why I read Reddit. To learn and discover new knowledge. I looked it up: Neuropathic arthropathy, also known as Charcot arthropathy or Charcot joint, is a progressive musculoskeletal condition that causes joint instability and destruction in the foot and ankle. It’s characterized by bone and soft tissue degeneration, joint dislocations, and deformities. Causes: Abnormal sensation in the foot and ankle, often due to diabetic peripheral neuropathy, chronic inflammatory disorders, gout, metabolic dysfunction, or spine disorders.

As someone with gout and ligament issues… new fear unlocked

Type one diabetic here. New fear for me as well.

Gout? You mean the “king’s disease”?

I know you’re just making a joke but that idea has caused undue stigma for gout sufferers. Many sufferers feel shame and hide their painful affliction because there is a belief that they caused their own disease by an unhealthy and gluttonous lifestyle. Gout is not caused by lifestyle rather it is a genetic disease. Certain foods can be a trigger for flare ups but the underlying condition is purely genetics. Edit: It is more correct to say that most cases are genetic but apparently it is possible to have lifestyle triggered forms.

I 100% did not know this. My bf has gotten gout in the past and has definitely felt embarrassed by this, so I’m going to tell him this information and possibly make him feel better about it. Thank you!

If he’s had flare ups in the past that means he currently has gout (assuming the flare ups are gout and not something similar like psuedogout). He should definitely go see a doctor and get a proper diagnosis. Even if he goes long periods of time between flare ups there could still be damage being done to his joints. Gout is a genetic disease that simply makes it so uric acid is not properly processed by the kidneys. When the uric acid builds up too much it precipitates out of the blood into joints (most commonly the big toe) and forms uric crystals. Occasionally the body can have an autoimmune response to those crystals and that is the flare up. Those crystals are very sharp and can cause damage in the joints over time. Luckily there are meds that can lower uric acid levels in the body. It’s much better to get a diagnosis and start treatment early so has to avoid any future damage. Plus it’s best to avoid ever having a really bad flare up. I know as a gout sufferer myself that was in the same boat as your partner. I had a few flare ups over a few years but they weren’t that bad and would only last about a day so I didn’t think much about it but then I had a really bad flare up that lasted over a month and was by far the worst pain I’ve ever experienced and I could barely get out of bed to pee.

My first experience with gout was this year and it got BAD. I pretty much couldn’t walk for a solid 6 weeks. It was awful. I couldn’t sleep because my toe joint just throbbed. I couldn’t even wear a sock on that foot. That was feb. into early march. I now have a big stash of colchicine and if I ever feel a tingle down there, I pop two before I go to bed. Part of the issue is that I had never had it before so I didn’t know what it was at first and went a couple weeks of progressively worse pain before I even started thinking about gout. At that point it was bad enough that colchicine didn’t do much for me. Doc put me on pain meds and anti-inflammatories and it took several weeks after that to finally get to a point that I could walk again.

I believe he has spoken with a doctor about it but I’ll double check with him to make sure! Great information 👍👍

My initial read of your comment saw “ligma issues” and I thought, “oh no, you’re not getting me with that today”.

>Neuropathic arthropathy My dad had this ( due to type 2 diabetes ). It is horrendous. Took gabaran to treat it, which masked some symptoms and introduced entirely ( new/worse ) ones as side effects. Stop drinking and manage your diabetes. You don’t want to get to this point.

I second your statement. A lot of alcoholics have chronic malnutrition/ vitamin deficiencies. I wondered if that counts as “metabolic dysfunction.” Alcoholism and DM T2 could also lead to liver disease and kidney disease. Really awful stuff. Source: I’m a nurse but not saying I know everything

As a medical coder I enjoy Reddit because I end up seeing irl pics of some of the conditions I code on a regular basis lol 🤓

Thank you for the research!

I’m a type 1 diabetic who let it go for a while, so my feet are hard to feel. I wear skateboard shoes just for the padding to prevent anything like this, but my nerves are shot. Diabetic neuropathy is a bitch.