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What does it mean when your feet turn purple but they don't hurt or get swollen? I believe I am overweight. I do have asthma not taking any medications.

Female | 25 years old
Conditions: Asthma

1 Answer

You're paying attention to your body and taking great care of your health. Asking is hard to do so I know its bothering you. As a board cert internist, I've been finding it hard to get the inhalers covered so maybe this is an issue for you as well. When you see your feet are purple press on the top and count how many seconds takes the white area (blancheable ) to turn back to red/purple. If less than 5 sec you're ok. If both feet are not likely a blood clot. For today try to get back on you're inhaler I find the good RX program really helpful and your pharmacist may have even better access to coupons. As always check in with your primary who knows you best.