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Hi all,
anyone else have trouble with burning, itching feet? Mine are giving me problems today (and one day last week) and they're driving me MAD! I can't bear my feet being touched - I've all on doing my own toenails. The thought of someone else touching them gives me nightmares, so I've dodged the foot checks for the last couple of years although I've had no other problems, touch wood.
Now though, because of the burning/ itching, I've been doing a bit of research and came across an item that described this perfectly. More to the point it also described a symptom I went to the Doc with long before being diagnosed type 2 ie. a feeling like I was stood on a ball of tissue paper when there is nothing actually there.
The Doc didn't dismiss me out of hand (bless him) but referred me to a local clinic where they zapped my foot with electricity after sticking probes all over my head and body. Unfortunately they didn't find anything amiss in their report so the advice was to live with it which I have done. It's steadily got worse, but not to the point where it seemed worth mentioning. Having read the article though, I'm getting a bit concerned because the writer suggested the burning/ itching and the numbness/ tissue paper ball thing are all symptoms of neuropathy related to my diabetes. I'm no dancer but I'd still like to remain attached to my tootsies for the forseable future... any thoughts?
Incidentally, I had my review the week before and my hba1c was 6.3 - still awaiting the results from the rest of the tests
anyone else have trouble with burning, itching feet? Mine are giving me problems today (and one day last week) and they're driving me MAD! I can't bear my feet being touched - I've all on doing my own toenails. The thought of someone else touching them gives me nightmares, so I've dodged the foot checks for the last couple of years although I've had no other problems, touch wood.
Now though, because of the burning/ itching, I've been doing a bit of research and came across an item that described this perfectly. More to the point it also described a symptom I went to the Doc with long before being diagnosed type 2 ie. a feeling like I was stood on a ball of tissue paper when there is nothing actually there.
The Doc didn't dismiss me out of hand (bless him) but referred me to a local clinic where they zapped my foot with electricity after sticking probes all over my head and body. Unfortunately they didn't find anything amiss in their report so the advice was to live with it which I have done. It's steadily got worse, but not to the point where it seemed worth mentioning. Having read the article though, I'm getting a bit concerned because the writer suggested the burning/ itching and the numbness/ tissue paper ball thing are all symptoms of neuropathy related to my diabetes. I'm no dancer but I'd still like to remain attached to my tootsies for the forseable future... any thoughts?
Incidentally, I had my review the week before and my hba1c was 6.3 - still awaiting the results from the rest of the tests