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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nmori" data-source="post: 2515981" data-attributes="member: 555773">Sorry to revive an old thread..I’m really happy to have found this thread. Like others here I have searched for what this problem is and this is the only forum posting I have found so far discussing it. My problem is similar to others here with maybe with a few features not mentioned here.Unfortunately Ender, the OP of the thread never returned. Has anyone else here ever gotten diagnosed for the problem if you’re still around?I also get the numbing now in my hands and feet after eating carbs or sugar/fruit/sweet vegetables with additional features not mentioned by anyone else. I’ll describe my problem below from the onset in case it could be of use to anyone as this thread is near the top of Google hits for this problem. At the least, it’s a relief when you hear about others with this or a similar problem.. Like others here my doctor giggled and made faces when I told him my problem / thought I was crazy..My problem evolved and changed from the onset and is maybe multiple problems. Anyway I will describe it:It started with the hands - my hands were aching and it wouldn’t go away. I often massaged them. The pain was in both hands (not so much numbing at the time). Also around the same time but a little later started the pain/aching in both my feet. I would also get pain in my knees when climbing the stairs. Then one day I had an episode of severe cramping in my right leg to the point I went to the emergency room. I was on crutches for a few weeks to a month unable to walk on my right leg due to weakness. It would collapse if I put weight on it. It seemed it also had to do with dehydration; the cramping at least. It seemed I had a problem hydrating myself at the time even if I drank water though electrolyte drinks seemed to help more.Around this same time I developed numbing in both of my feet and right lower leg below the knee. So at this point - I have pain/aching in both my hands, and numbing and pain in both my feet and numbing in my right leg below my knee. In addition to this I would get body pain - between my shoulder blades and lower neck in the back. The strange part was that it would fluctuate. Some days were not as bad as others. Some days I felt like I could not get out of bed being in pain.I considered that I had fibromyalgia or arthritis or both. Doctors could not make any determination at the time and I tested negative for rheumatoid arthritis.Later I noticed that my distal (DIP) joint in my right index finger was permanently bent and a bit swollen looking which I identified as a Heberden Node. After a doctor saw that, he determined I had osteoarthritis. However osteoarthritis (supposedly due to wearing of the joints) did not explain my peripheral neuropathy symptoms or my bodily pains that fluctuate.I finally noticed that my diet had an effect on my body pains. Also cold weather made things worse.First thing I tried was an AIP (Autoimmune Protcol) diet considering inflammation to be the problem. It made a huge impact - my condition was improving. I also considered that I may have had celiac disease and AIP diets reduced my grain intake (I say reduced because I still ate some even thought the diet restricts it). I am not the best with restrictive diets and often eat the forbidden foods.So I am not sure what improved my condition since the AIP diet, like a Keto diet greatly reduces carbs since grains are forbidden. My body pains greatly subsided but not gone. I am now trying a combination Keto/AIP diet with plenty of moments I stray from it allowing myself some rice or bread here and there.Later I noticed the body pain and neuropathic symptoms would show up even if I ate things within the AIP diet like kabocha squash or plantains or potatoes. This is how I finally determined carbs/sugars were contributing to my neuropathy, body pain and numbing sensations in my hands and feet. Unlike others here I also get what feels like swollen hands though my hands don’t look swollen, and pain/aching in the hands. While worse in the winter, eating carbs and sugar makes it worse during any season. I also experience a cold feeling along with the pain, mostly during sleep from my elbows to my hands, mostly felt in the wrists/lower forearm. It is not my imagination because when you touch them they feel cold.As far as the numbing in my hands and feet it is triggered by the carbs/sugar intake in addition I may get body pains. The carbs/sugars that can trigger it is a wide range - e.g. a glass of orange juice, plantains, or a sweet vegetable (sweet potato. Kabocha squash).My reasoning was that the mechanism was inflammation since sugar/blood sugar causes inflammation. Early on when it first started I would get bodily pains also after eating fatty meats especially oven roasted, which also supposedly contributes to inflammation.Doctors have done blood tests and no one ever told me I had diabetes but it seems I definitely have a problem metabolizing carbs/sugars and sometimes alcohol like a beer. If I had a couple beers or too much carbs/sugar I’d get a dizzy feeling in addition to the numbing in my hands and feet.Anyway that’s my story.I will be trying the ALA and the Berberine as suggested by a poster on this thread.Glad to have made everyones acquaintance and hope all are doing well. Would be great to hear from anyone.</blockquote>

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