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In this video you will learn why it is important to take notice of tingling in your feet and what messages your body might be trying to convey.
Are you experiencing tingling, a pins-and-needles feeling, a strange type of tingling weakness or stabbing pain in your foot or feet? Is it continuing after switching positions?
Often tingling is nothing to get worried about, but it could also be the result of a variety of different medical conditions. Knowing the cause of tingling feet is important in order to determine the most effective treatment to help ease these uncomfortable sensations and annoying symptoms.
Here is a short but by no means complete list of possible hidden conditions your feet might be telling you:
Number 10: Diabetes
If in addition to foot tingling you experience, weight loss or gain, needing to urinate more than normal, change of vision, fatigue or disorientation, you could have diabetes.
When blood sugar levels stay persistently too high or low this affects the peripheral nerves and because of this, the nerves in your feet become damaged. This causes burning, tingling and numbness. It is estimated that about 70 percent of diabetes sufferers experience this.
A blood test will show your blood glucose levels. Knowing this will help your doctor to assist you to control your blood glucose by means of medication, insulin, lifestyle and dietary changes.
Number 9: Medicine
Unfortunately, medication sometimes has other side effects, such as tingling feet. Chemotherapy, as well as medication used in treating AIDS, can also cause a reaction. Chemotherapy attacks and kills cancer cells, but it can also damage nerve cells in the process.
Creams with numbing medicine, relaxation and or physical therapy are a few ways to provide relief. It is important to discuss the use of different medications with your doctor.
Number 8: Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy happens when the nerves outside the brain or the spine aren’t working properly, through damage to a single nerve or a group of nerves. Other symptoms include numbness, burning, cramping, and the feeling of something crawling on the skin.
Peripheral neuropathy has many causes and may be a sign of another undiagnosed condition. There are different tests that can be done for this condition including blood tests, scans and biopsies. Treatment is focused on the root cause.
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Number 7: Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol abuse causes many problems for your body, including inflammation and dehydration, which can cause nerve damage. Damage to the central and peripheral nervous system causes tingling, numbness and pain to the feet as well as in the lower parts of your body.
Different tests can be done; including nerve conduction tests and needle electromyography, which records signals from muscle fibres. Treatment can include medicine and behavioural treatments such as CBT. (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
Number 6: Autoimmune disease
Autoimmune diseases such as Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis can cause tingling of your feet. Due to the immune system being in overdrive it attacks the nerves in the body.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system, involving the brain and spinal cord. The body unfortunately attacks the protective sheath that covers the nerves, which causes tingling, muscle weakness and fatigue.
Several tests have to be conducted to get a diagnosis for multiple sclerosis such as blood tests, cranial examination, MRI, and spinal fluid analysis. Presently there is no cure for multiple sclerosis.
Medication, physical therapy and counselling can provide some relief. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) happens when a person’s immune system attacks their joints by mistake. This can “cause inflammation around nerve tissue,” causing nerves to become compressed.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and disease-modifying anti- rheumatic drugs can provide relief.
Lupus is a chronic disease that can cause inflammation and pain in any part of your body. It most often impacts the skin, joints, and internal organs. Lupus is treated with medications, such as corticosteroids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and immunosuppressive medications.
As you can see from the three different examples given, different disorders have different forms of treatment so your doctor will help you by creating a treatment plan.
Number 5: Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism or under-active thyroid happens when your thyroid doesn’t create and release enough thyroid hormones into your bloodstream. This can slow down your metabolism and prevent muscles and other organs working correctly, which also contributes to fatigue, weight gain, and difficulty tolerating cold temperatures.
The tingling in your feet can be caused by tissue swelling, which puts pressure on your nerve fibres. You may have to have two different types of blood tests which will measure how much thyroid hormone called thyroxine or T4 your thyroid is producing, and how much thyroxine is in your blood and available to body cells.
Hypothyroidism can be treated by taking hormone-based medication that will assist your body to restore its thyroid hormone levels.
Number 4: Kidney Failure
Kidney failure means that most of your kidney function is gone. This means your kidneys are unable to filter out waste products from your blood and your blood’s chemical makeup may be out of balance.
Other symptoms include fluid retention, shortness of breath, weakness, and damaged nerves. Treatment usually involves IV fluids, medication to control potassium in your blood, and dialysis to remove toxins from your blood.
We are down to the final 3 possible causes of feet tingling.
Number 3: Spinal problems
A pinched nerve can be caused by many different things such as problems with the bone or cartilage surrounding the nerve or an issue with the muscles or tendons that have caused the tissue around the nerve to compress. This causes tingling, pain and numbness. This pain or numbness often runs down one leg and can reach the feet and toes.
Another problem one could have is Nerve Root Compression. This involves the lumbar spine nerve root, compressing or being irritated. The nerve roots of the lumbar spine are the parts of the nerves that leave the spinal cord around the pelvic area.
Along with tingling in the feet you can also feel burning or numbness. Spinal stenosis—or a narrowing of the spaces between your spine puts pressure on your nerves which causes tingling. Due to aging one can develop osteoarthritis which wears away at the cartilage that cushions your joints.
Most of the conditions mentioned can be treated with muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory pain killers. X-rays and scans can be done to find the specific areas affected. Spinal injections, physical therapy and surgery may also be options.
Number 2: Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
You may have heard of carpal tunnel syndrome, but tarsal tunnel syndrome is about your feet not your hands! Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome is caused by the squeezing of the posterior tibial nerve while it travels through the tarsal tunnel.
The tibial nerve goes into your foot on the inside of your ankle, just below the bone. An injury, ankle sprain or flat feet makes you more at risk because of a lack of arch support in the foot putting strain on and squeezing the tibial nerve. A podiatrist can use needle electromyography, X-rays and ultra sounds to make a positive diagnosis.
Anti-inflammatory medication or topical creams, rest, physical therapy and wearing supportive shoes are some options. Another option is getting a steroid injection into the tarsal muscle to relieve pressure and swelling. In severe cases an operation to decompress the nerve may be needed.
Number 1: Vitamin B12 Deficiency
The vitamin B family is very important for general health. Vitamin B12 supports your nervous system and assists the production of red blood cells. If your diet lacks vitamin B12 it can lead to poor nerve function, numbness and tingling in the extremities. Vitamin B12 is vitally important to both mental and physical well-being.
A blood test can show which vitamins and nutrients your body is lacking. You can easily increase your B12 levels by adding such items as eggs, salmon, cheese and milk to your diet. You could find a good quality supplement or ask your doctor about B12 injections.
As discussed above there are many things that can cause tingling in your feet. The majority, hopefully you will never experience. What is important is knowing when to seek help from your doctor. Tingling in your feet is your body’s way of telling you there is something wrong.
If you experience feet that tingle for more than a week, then you should go to your doctor to find out the underlying cause. Hopefully the problem can be easily diagnosed and treated, giving you much needed relief!
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