Foot pain

[Admin]

I received this email from Diana Cartwright - so thought I would post it for her...

"I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME SYMPTONS WITH DIABETES REGARDING THE FEET PAIN WHICH A LOT OF MY FRIENDS DO? and could i ask them what do they take for it, i myself take tonic water for my cramps which then enables me to walk a small distance, im not going to be crippled with this at my age? any answers"

 

[799roger]

Hi I have foot pain but no one seems interested, I take medication for gout and have my feet looked at every two months, I also use a proprietary cream on my feet, but mainly as usual I have just to suffer it, the medical answer "well you are diabetic" the pat answer to all health problems, sad really.

 

[Alistair]

I get a numb yet tingling in both big toes which never goes away but doesn't feel half so bad when I have socks on, so I'll be the tall dark handsome one on the beech at Cannes with socks on : )

 

[Northerner]

My toes go numb at the ends during/after a run and I do have very cold feet a lot of the time, which I guess could be due to poor circulation. It does worry me. Well, if I'm honest, all the possible complications worry me, but I try to keep it in perspective!

 

[sofaraway]

I have been told recently that I have neuropathic pain in my feet, am waiting for GP appointment next week to see if I can get some medication. I get pins and needles and burning sensations in my feet. luckily I did pass the sensation test. Of all the complications foot ulcers are my worst fear.

 

[Victoria]

I get pain in my feet quite regularly (and often cramp in my calfs in the night). It is an odd kind of pain...like the feeling just before your muscles go into cramp or that moment when you think the cramp is wearing off and it returns with avengance.

I have heard that the quinnine (sp?) in tonic water relieves cramps if taken regularly. I may give it a go.

Incidentally, my feet are nearly always cold too, even when it's warm indoors.

 

[bluebird]

i get bouts of cramp in my feet always at night..i can go weeks where things are fine then il have a run of nights where the cramp is almost unbearable.if i feel the cramp coming on i take crampex tabs which do help a bit.

 

[scotstigress]

my feet and hands are always freezing, but have been for years, sometimes my toes feel like they are folded over each other they are so cold...lol...does anyone else get that sensation??...its a sign of an underactive thyroide, cold extremeties, but does diabetes make it worse? had it sisnce i started taking thyroxine 6 years ago..

 

[Alan221]

My feet always feel cold to me, although not to others. I'm told that the ciculation is good and that if I keep the sugars under control the nerve damage will get repaired. My hands howver are a different matter. The thumbs and first two fingers on each hand are fine and seem the same as they always were. Since my diagnosis and hospital stay the other four fingers could well belong to someone else. When I touch things with those fingers it feels completely different from when I touch the same things with the others. Both hands feel, and usually are, cold.

 

[sofaraway]

since my previous post I've started on gabapentin and it's helping a bit with the pain.
I took quinnine sulphate tablets before when i was getting bad cramps, a months course sorted it out and i haven't got them back

 

[Alan Plumb]

I have what I believe to be an unusual symptom and would like any ideas on what could be done to alleviate it. I have been type 2 for about 8 years and for all of that time I have suffered with, what I would describe as a sore pain, in the second and third toe. During the day whilst walking about I do not notice it but at night when you are relaxed and trying to get to sleep it can sometimes be bad enough to prevent sleep. The pain comes in waves and I lose a lot of sleep because of it. I can go for short periods without the pain occurring but then it comes back. I currently take Lyrica and amytriptaline to try and stop it but although it helps with the periods between attacks it is not curing the worst of the pain, which now occurs in both feet in exactly the same place. I have had 3 operations on my left foot and have tried a course of acupuncture, but nothing seems to work. Please help!!!!

 

[Copepod]

Congratulations on your use of the search feature - people don't often resurrect old, but relevent threads. Who have you asked about your problem? I'm assuming GP prescribes Lyrica (pregabalin) and amitriptyline for you? It may be worth discussing increasing doses, particularly pregabalin, when pain is at its worst. It doesn't sound like more surgery would help. Shame that acupuncture didn't help, but might be worth asking to try again - a different practitioner might have a different approach. Have you seen a podiatrist? It's possible that a properly measured insole might help.
The other issue is that if the pain is related to diabetic neuropathy, then careful maintenance of blood glucose levels as close to normal as possible is important. If your levels are high now, reducing may reduce pain in the longer term.

 

[SB2015]

I have numb feet and cramp in the arches.

My GP prescribed tonic water ( and said it was up to me whether I added the gin), and gabapentin to sort out the nerve discomfort. It seems to be helping.