Burning Sensation In Toes
For nearly a week now I've had a burning sensation in my toes that is becoming more and more annoying. The spasm in my toes is a new thing going on, burning started after the spasms. At frist I thought it was maybe lactic acid, but is now more of like an acid or chemical burn.
I've done some googling on the subject and have found that menopause could be a cause as well as a condition called paresthesia, which I'll post below. What I can't find is anything relating to spasms and this type of burning sensation. I've been icing them and still they burn, icing has also not helped relief the spasms that have been fairly relentless.
After reading about this paresthesia, I wondered could it be possible that the spasms are causing an irration to the nerve and that is why I have the burning sensation ????
Toe burning sensation
The skin sensation of partial numbness or "pins and needles" or a type of "burning", "tingling" or "creeping" sensation of the skin, is known as a "paresthesia". Symptoms may start as a tingling (paresthesia) and change to a numbness, or there may be a combination of decreased sensation (numbness) but with heightened sensations at certain times or with stimulation. Any type of tingling, burning, or numbness is usually a symptom related to a sensory nerve being damaged, diseased, or injured. Causes depend on the exact location of the paresthesia sensations, but typically include a physical nerve injury type condition (e.g. a nerve entrapment or some type of pressure being applied to a nerve directly or to the spinal attachment of that nerve), or a disease condition affecting the nerves (e.g. neuropathy, diabetic neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and others). Having these sensory symptoms in multiple locations, or the recurrence of similar symptoms in different locations is a hallmark symptom of multiple sclerosis, so your doctor will likely ask about the past history of similar symptoms to assess the likelihood of multiple sclerosis as a diagnosis (see symptoms of multiple sclerosis). Any of these tingling or numbness symptoms are more than just annoying; they can indicate a serious medical condition and require prompt medical diagnosis by a professional.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/toe_burning_sensation.htm
Robin
I've done some googling on the subject and have found that menopause could be a cause as well as a condition called paresthesia, which I'll post below. What I can't find is anything relating to spasms and this type of burning sensation. I've been icing them and still they burn, icing has also not helped relief the spasms that have been fairly relentless.
After reading about this paresthesia, I wondered could it be possible that the spasms are causing an irration to the nerve and that is why I have the burning sensation ????
Toe burning sensation
The skin sensation of partial numbness or "pins and needles" or a type of "burning", "tingling" or "creeping" sensation of the skin, is known as a "paresthesia". Symptoms may start as a tingling (paresthesia) and change to a numbness, or there may be a combination of decreased sensation (numbness) but with heightened sensations at certain times or with stimulation. Any type of tingling, burning, or numbness is usually a symptom related to a sensory nerve being damaged, diseased, or injured. Causes depend on the exact location of the paresthesia sensations, but typically include a physical nerve injury type condition (e.g. a nerve entrapment or some type of pressure being applied to a nerve directly or to the spinal attachment of that nerve), or a disease condition affecting the nerves (e.g. neuropathy, diabetic neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and others). Having these sensory symptoms in multiple locations, or the recurrence of similar symptoms in different locations is a hallmark symptom of multiple sclerosis, so your doctor will likely ask about the past history of similar symptoms to assess the likelihood of multiple sclerosis as a diagnosis (see symptoms of multiple sclerosis). Any of these tingling or numbness symptoms are more than just annoying; they can indicate a serious medical condition and require prompt medical diagnosis by a professional.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/toe_burning_sensation.htm
Robin
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Permalink Reply by Uncle Sparky on -
So, Jen and Ellen, the three of us have dystonia, GI disease and B-12 deficiency. Is this coincidence or perhaps an indicator of something else in common?
Ya know, I'm liking this format. I didn't notice before that so many caucasian middle age women from coastal geographic areas experienced dystonia. How else are we alike?
Are there statistics around anywhere that breakdown the dystonic population categorically?
Peace & Health,
Sparks
PS... I start my B-12 injections next week.
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Permalink Reply by Robin Wood on -
My foot is feeling really good, it acutally just feels like a normal foot would feel today and I was up alot yesterday trying to get my house cleaned for my fathers visit.
My question is .... does the burning sensation from a B12 defen. come with a constint burn or does it come and go ???
Robin
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Permalink Reply by Jen on -
Mine comes and goes...much better with the B12 shot. I got my first shot yesterday. The pain, burning and tingling is much worse at night and improved during the day. The injection has worked wonders so I'm sure that it has to do with the B12 deficiency. I also get this in my fingers and it is gone from my hands since getting the shot.
Hope this helps.
-Jen
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Permalink Reply by Robin Wood on
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What type of testing should be done to determine B12 and other B's defen. ???
I am assuming that testing for it should be done prior to any supplementing at home .... It's the obvious to me, just had to put it out there.
Robin
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Permalink Reply by Ellen Schnakenberg on -
I think I mentioned this earlier, but it's actually not necessarily B12 as that only shows deficient when you're fairly far along. Homocysteine levels and Methylmalonic acid are the things that will best tell your situation.
If Homocysteine is high it may mean low B12 (which is required to break down homocysteine) and if Methylmalonic acid is low it could mean low B12 (because it takes B12 to create it).
B12 levels of less than 4-500 are considered reason enough to supplement with injections as that is about where serious neurological damage happens. Less than 200 will give you macrocytic anemia (not iron related).
Do NOT supplement before testing! It will raise your blood level, but not tissue level or storage level of the B12 and give false B12 results.
You can look perfectly healthy and be vitamin deficient. Don't let your gorgeous good looks fool anybody. :)
Hope this is helpful.
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Permalink Reply by Ellen Schnakenberg on
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Oh Yeaah!!!!! I'm so thankful for you, Jen. Hopefully this will be the end of it all. You should really think about asking for testing for other deficiencies as well, eh? Since your gut is not working well, it might make sense. Might also surprise you what you find.
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