diabetic neuropathy feet and hands

Several months ago I started experiencing numbness and tingling sensations all over my body but mainly in my hands and feet. The worst being in the hands and the last three fingers. It is really bad at night and wakes me up numerous time.s It has progressively been getting worse. After the numbness goes away I have pain while moving my fingers and/or toes. I also feel weakness in the muscles of my legs and arms.

The pins and needles and numbness suggest diabetic neuropathy, and an evaluation by an endochronologist is in order. You require a test known as an Hba1c. The calf pain suggests a condition known as intermittitant claudication, which is also common in late stage diabetes and is caused by circulatory deficiency. So square two is an evaluation by a vascular specialist, to evaluate the dorsilis pedis pulses, and perhaps have a color doppler of the legs.

However, the generalized neuropathy (involving most nerves in the body) related to diabetes and several other metabolic and nutritional disorders most often starts in the feet, not the hands. In a diabetic with thyroid disease, numbness in the hands would raise concern for another type of neuropathy: carpal tunnel syndrome. The median nerve can be injured anywhere along its course. If your symptoms are confined to just your hand, it may be the nerve was injured somewhere at the wrist.

org/diseases-conditions/diabetic-neuropathy/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20371587. Diabetic neuropathy is uncomfortable and we hope you are able to effectively alleviate it. Work with your doctor for guidance. The most important thing is to slow the progression which means controlling your diabetes. Keeping your numbers in the target range is important for controlling diabetic neuropathy. Gabapentin is a choice and there are others.

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If you are diabetic, it could be diabetic neuropathy, which causes numbness, tingling, pain in the extremities.

In most people with neuropathy, the leg nerves tend to become damaged first, at their furthest ends in the feet. These people often have tingling and numbness in the feet as well. Diabetes is by far the most common cause of neuropathy in the legs.

Since i became diabetic, ive noticed im not nearly as strong in the hands, and when i try to squeeze things, and do stuff with them, they always feel weak, and tingly and weird. Ive looked all over for info on this. Any IdeaS?

diabetic neuropathy in lower limbs which are numb. now spreading to palms and hands. good glyceamic control. associated kidney involvement two yrs ,cr-2.4 mgms%,HTN-controlled.

I am a diabetic and have been running very high blood sugars when I have been on the many antibiotics and Prednisone. I am now experiencing some neuropathy in my hands and feet - do not know if it is related to my mysterious condition or a result of the long periods of high blood sugar. Would appreciate any input. Thanks !!!!

i have diabetes and burning pain and tingling numbness in my hands and sometimes feet my thighs go numb i find it hard to walk it comes and goes i do fill the pain all the time yet it gets severe at times it stays for a long time sometimes i can bearlly walk.

I am 2 chemos away from finishing my round of six and have developed peripheral neuropathy in my hands and feet. I am on 300mg Neurontin 3 x a day and it still seems to be getting worse. The pain keeps me from walking long distances and I cannot hang my hands down; I have to keep my elbows bent. I have also tried acupuncture. I use warmth to alleviate the pain but it is only a temporary relief. Any ideas or experiences?

m walking on hot stones and my feet are constantly feeling hot and burning. The condition is called Diabetic Neuropathy where the nerve endings at the bottom of your feet fire off at a much higher rate of speed than normal which causes this burning sensation on the soles of your feet. The swelling around your ankles and feet could be a sign of poor circulation in your legs, as well.

It represents with symptoms of loss of sensation (or pins and needles like) in the arms, hands, legs and feet. Since there are many causes of neuropathy, hence treatment involves seeking these conditions out and correcting any underlying problem such as poor sugar control in diabetes in order to get a relief in your symptoms. Unfortunately, there is no permanent cure of neuropathy but symptomatic relief can be provided. Hope this helps.

I am 46 year old female, have had Hep C for about 20 years, normal liver functions tests (waiting on Fibrospect results) viral load of 22 Million, probably due recently being on prednisone. I have had chronic tingling, burning, itching in hands, feet, arms, legs for about 2 1/2 months and have been tested for numerous things, normal EMG, thryoid (have Hashimoto's but controlled hypothyroid with meds) not diabetic. Also test for mixed essential cryoglobulin and also negative.

I accept I have neuropathy in my feet and lower calves (starting to notice it in my hands also). I accept the doctors don't know why (I'm not diabetic). What I need to know is how the neuropathy will progress. What should I expect? I started out with a lot of pain, burning, stinging, needle prickling, and such. Now I'm at the stage of some pain, burning, etc., but now I'm having more numbness.

my feet will burn and throb in or out of shoes, and I don't know what it is

Diabetic neuropathy (cold or numb hands or feet) is a common sign of poor circulation in diabetes. Low magnesium is another cause of cold hands or feet. I had this symptom with magnesium deficiency. My feet were freezing! I had severe magnesium deficiency due to a combination of insulin resistance, stress from surgery, high doses of vitamin D. “A deficiency can occur with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but appears to be more prevalent with type 2.

the nerves that go to the feet are the longest so damage to nerves shows up sooner. same for blood and blood vestals.

I have been seeing a neurologist who thinks it may be Diabetic Neuropathy, since I had Gestational diabetes and family hx. I took the 3 hour glucose test and my 3rd hour came back low. I have had 3 cardiac ablations in the past year for SVT. I am on Toprol , Cardizem, Lexapro and Gabapentin. I had an EMG on my Left leg and that was also normal. Testing for Lupus, Mitochonrial, and Sjrogrens were all normal.

Just had my 3rd treatment (out of 6) of Carboplatin and taxol. The neuropathy in both hands and feet seems to get worse with every treatment. The feet are worse though. Tips or commiseration are welcome.

ALS is highly unlikely. It starts at the feet or hands and works its way up usually very quickly. My friend started with it the hands and it was super painful. With Diabetes comes nerve pain. Especially to the extremidies. Have they ever mentioned peripheral neuropathy? Also scar tissue from surgey can push on nerves and cause pain. I had abdominal surgery and have pain from the surgery. You definitely have something going on. Are you still being followed by the neurologist?

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