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Neuropathy - help i'm worried

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Hello all

Last week whilist playign football i pulled my hamstring. It wasn't a full on pull just felt like an egg under the skin on my thigh, more of a minor strain. Well i strecthed it and played again on Wednesday and there was a very mild discomfort but nothing much more.

Well last night i repeatedly woke to a surging swell of pain in my thigh and calf and some tingling in my foot. Now i know it is probably all related to the injury but after reading about complications a lot more recently i am serioulsy worried that is is just the beginning of neuropathy! I have felt for a long time like my big toes on both feet are a little dead at the end and when i go snowboarding the cold makes it feel like my socks are scrunched up under my toes, but only when it is very cold. The pain is difficult to describe but when not pulsing it often feels like it has a dull ache sort of like there is a track of thicker fluid running through it. It does seem to get worse when i cross it or bend it but it much better when i walk or exercise.

I have been T1 for 21 years now and i am now 30yrs old. I am very healthy with an excellent diet, lots of exercise and pretty good control. I say pretty good as i am still working on it (who isn't?) but i take it seriously. The problem is that because i was T1 through adolescense i obvioulsy took some liberties. I wasn't the drink all night type, i've never drunk, but i didn't keep amazing control and my A1c was often 8-9 in my teens. I am now carb counting and my A1c is down to 7ish in the last 10 or so years and will be even better next test.

Yes this all sounds relatively minor but i can't help but worry for what i have in store. Can anyone advise as to whether this sounds like the early stages?
 
Hi Klang,
If your blood sugar levels are generally well controlled then what you are experiencing is unlikely to be neuropathy, but to be on the safe side I would see your GP and ask to be referred to a podiatrist for peripheral neuropathy tests.
 
As a non doctor it sounds to me like there is some swelling at the pull site that is putting pressure on nerves causing pain.

You should rest a sprain or strain specially a ham string, it needs time to repair itself, try elevating it for a few hours and see if the pain subsides as fluid drains and relieves pressure. ibruprofen is a good anti inflammatory as well as a pain killer, it needs to be taken for a couple of days.

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Thanks to both of you for your advice.

I am almost certain it is a strain/pull of the muscle rather than neuropathy but i may ask my clinic if i can see someone to be on the safe side. I think the not knowing is worse. I feel a massive relief having the eye screening and knowing that is clear so this would do the same.

Thanks again.
 
I am inflicted to some degree with peripheral and autonomic neuropathies, and it does sound more like some kind of muscle strain or tendonitis; but, I am no medical expert, so I will go with the others and recommend a swift visit to your GP.
Don't forget that when we get cold, our circulation cuts down to our extremities in favour of our essential organs, and of course, your feet will suffer all sorts of weird feelings as the circulation slows right down.
Just as a matter of interest. . . google raynaud's syndrome and see if that could describe your feet.
 
Hello Hobs

Thanks for your input.

I will ask my Diabetic Clinic about a test when i visit a week on Thursday.

Oha nd i googled Raynauds and it is exactly what i get when i go snowboarding. My Toes go white as a sheet and appear almost dead before springing back to life in searing blow flowing pain! Good to know what it is though and that is isn't necessarily anything to do with my Diabetes.

I guess, quite reasonably, that whenever anything feels a bit amiss diabetes is the first thing we tend to blame!
 
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