Feet and Kidneys

[Mother Gothel]

Why did I start getting pedicures regularly after my grandpa was hospitalized with kidney problems?

[Sundowner64]

Does the pedicure involve care for your nails? your skin? bones? ankles? muscles?
Did something change in your life after your grandpa was hospitalized? Something that makes your feet require more care? Do you need to walk more now?
Did the hospitalization of your grandpa reveal that there is a problem with your feet? that you would benefit from regular foot care?
Was your grandpa in the hospital for a longer time? did he after that event need to go to the hospital frequently and regularly (like for dialysis)?
Relevant what kind of kidney problems? diabetes related?

[Mother Gothel]

Does the pedicure involve care for your nails? yes your skin? yes bones? ankles? muscles? no to these
Did something change in your life after your grandpa was hospitalized? no Something that makes your feet require more care? no Do you need to walk more now? no
Did the hospitalization of your grandpa reveal that there is a problem with your feet? n/c that you would benefit from regular foot care? yes
Was your grandpa in the hospital for a longer time? yes, but irreldid he after that event need to go to the hospital frequently and regularly (like for dialysis)? no
Relevant what kind of kidney problems?no, rather something different is relevant diabetes related? no

[Biograd1]

Was the fact that he was in shoes much less of the day than usual when in the hospital relevant?

Is anything relevant about his clinical picture other than just the fact that he had some sort of kidney problems? If so, did he have kidney stones? or kidney disease secondary to a more global disorder such as diabetes that wasn't restricted to the kidneys? If the latter, was something about his feet (like the circulation or nerve function) also impaired by the same disorder?

[Mother Gothel]

Was the fact that he was in shoes much less of the day than usual when in the hospital relevant? No

Is anything relevant about his clinical picture other than just the fact that he had some sort of kidney problems? yes If so, did he have kidney stones? no or kidney disease secondary to a more global disorder such as diabetes that wasn't restricted to the kidneys? n/c If the latter, was something about his feet (like the circulation or nerve function) also impaired by the same disorder? yes

[Biograd1]

What does "n/c" mean?

[Mother Gothel]

It means "not correct",I use it where a definite no could be misleading, but yes would also be wrong

[Biograd1]

So it's not actually a multi-system disorder, i.e. it DOES originate definitively within the kidney itself--yet it still has an effect on the feet somehow? Does reduced filtering ability of the kidney lead to wastes building up in the blood, which affects the feet? or does it lead to a disruption of fluid balance, which then affects circulation to the feet?

[Mother Gothel]

So it's not actually a multi-system disorder, correct, it's noti.e. it DOES originate definitively within the kidney itself no, it originates somewhere else--yet it still has an effect on the feet somehow? yes, explore Does reduced filtering ability of the kidney lead to wastes building up in the blood, which affects the feet? noor does it lead to a disruption of fluid balance, which then affects circulation to the feet? no

[GalFisk]

Is a medical problem of yours relevant? A potential one? A potential hereditary issue? Do pedicures do anything for you except be good to your nails and skin? Do they prevent a problem? Make a potential problem easier do discover? Would having pedicures have helped your grandpa?

[Mother Gothel]

Is a medical problem of yours relevant? NoA potential one? yesA potential hereditary issue? noDo pedicures do anything for you except be good to your nails and skin? I'd say yes to this oneDo they prevent a problem? yes, at least, they help to preventMake a potential problem easier do discover? also thisWould having pedicures have helped your grandpa? maybe

[Sundowner64]

Does your grandpa have any problems with his feet? with nails? skin? Are they related to the kidney problems? a consequence of them? a reason for them? do both have the same reason?
Did he know about these problems before he got hospitalized? or did being in hospital (or treatment in the hospital) just reveal the foot problem?

[trebor2]

Does it matter where his problem originated? Does it matter exactly what the problem is? If we get in the right ballpark, will that be enough? Did it originate in his feet? His gait?

Is whatever he has hereditary? Would it be called a disease? Disorder? Injury?

Are his feet (or one foot) suffering because of the way he or his body has compensated for the original issue? Are you worried about this happening to you?

Are feet and the original issue related at all? Did someone simply notice something about his feet while he was in hospital? Did they notice something about your feet while you were there visiting? Did something come up in his lab work/test results/etc. that was a red flag for potential issues with you?

Does it matter on which side he is your grandfather? Is the gender of anyone in the puzzle relevant?

[Mother Gothel]

Does your grandpa have any problems with his feet? I don't know if he has them yet, but he used to have them, so yes with nails? yes skin? maybe also this Are they related to the kidney problems? indirctly a consequence of them? no a reason for them? n/c do both have the same reason? no
Did he know about these problems before he got hospitalized? yes or did being in hospital (or treatment in the hospital) just reveal the foot problem? no

Does it matter where his problem originated? yes Does it matter exactly what the problem is? not necessarily If we get in the right ballpark, will that be enough? yes Did it originate in his feet? yes His gait? no

Is whatever he has hereditary? no Would it be called a disease? yes Disorder? no Injury? no

Are his feet (or one foot) suffering because of the way he or his body has compensated for the original issue? no Are you worried about this happening to you? yes

Are feet and the original issue related at all? yes Did someone simply notice something about his feet while he was in hospital? no Did they notice something about your feet while you were there visiting? no Did something come up in his lab work/test results/etc. that was a red flag for potential issues with you? yes

Does it matter on which side he is your grandfather? mother's, but doesn't matter Is the gender of anyone in the puzzle relevant? no

[Sundowner64]

Is the foot problem a sort of fungus infection?

[GalFisk]

Gout relevant? Would your grandpa getting pedicures before getting sick have helped him? Did he get kidney problems due to high blood pressure? Relevant why he got them? Did kidney problems lead to something relevant?

[Mother Gothel]

Is the foot problem a sort of fungus infection? yes

Gout relevant?no Would your grandpa getting pedicures before getting sick have helped him?possibly,yes Did he get kidney problems due to high blood pressure?no Relevant why he got them? yesDid kidney problems lead to something relevant?no

[Biograd1]

Did the fungus from his feet enter his bloodstream and wind up in his kidneys somehow? or did some condition outside the feet AND the kidneys lead both to increased susceptibility to fungal infections and also kidney damage?

[Mother Gothel]

Did the fungus from his feet enter his bloodstream and wind up in his kidneys somehow? no or did some condition outside the feet AND the kidneys lead both to increased susceptibility to fungal infections and also kidney damage? also no

[GalFisk]

Relevant where he got the fungus from? How it got hold? What he did to fight it? Did he do anything to fight it? Relevant? Was the fungus discovered once he was hospitalized? Relevant? Do you get pedicures in order to avoid fungus infections?

[trebor2]

Would it be considered a direct connection between the fungal infection and the kidney issues? More of a lateral connection?

Did he seek treatment immediately for the fungal infection? Relevant? Relevant what the treatment was? Did the treatment make him more susceptible to something else, which went on to cause the kidney problems? Did he come in contact with something relevant?

Is a lack of physical activity relevant? Did he stop exercising or something because of the infection?

Did he get the infection from grody floors and the like in locker rooms/gyms?