Pins and needles in hands in the mornings

[warmbells]

Hi,

My wife was diagnosed with type 2 about 12 months ago, she is dieting and is on Metformin MR, 1 a day. She has a problem with numbness and pins and needles in her hands when she wakes up in a morning. She also has pins and needles in her feet.

Is this a common happening? She has mentioned it to her nurse at the surgery but she didn't seem to be interested.

Gerald

 

[Osidge]

Welcome to the forum, Gerald.

Pins and needles can have many causes including nerve damage caused by diabetes ( see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paresthesia#Cause ). My advice would be to go and see her GP - not the nurse. It may be nothing but you and your wife will never know until her condition has been diagnosed.

Take care

Doug

 

[Rivig]

Well when i was first diagnosed and for a couple of months after i had that horrible aching & tingling feeling of peripheral neuropathy, really used to get on my nerves lol no pun intended but seriously used to wear me down like i say seemed to take forever to dissapear but it did eventually when my bg dropped significantly & stayed low, although it didn't take anywhere near 12 months & it hasn't returned as yet thankfully. She could try taking large dose B12 it maight help, anyway good luck.