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Nuropathy..How does it manifest itself?

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willogs

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Hi,

Just after some advice from people who have nuropathy. I have recently had a change in sensation on the top of my left foot, from my ankle to my toes, it feels like my socks have been on to tight and the skin is really tingly. Not sure if it is anything to worry about and just wonder what peoples first experiences were? I am 29 and only been diagnosed for 3 years. My control is very up and down due to me being very sensitive to only small amounts of insulin. My docs still believe I am honeymooning after 3 years. Any advice?????
 
Neuropathy can often be blamed where a trapped/damaged nerve in the spine could be the real cause, so its always best to get a thorough medical diagnosis.
I have some numb toes with impaired sensation in the foot and neuropathy was mooted by more than one medic until the ortho chap identified a problem in my back.

Do yourself a favour and do not leave it to guess work .. get it thoroughly checked out and properly diagnosed.
 
Hi Willogs. :)

Although the sensation may well be the same I, too, would agree with Hobs, it may well not be neuropathy and could be something quite different.

Clearly if you are not examined it can be assumed to be neuropathy purely because you have diabetes. In my own case neuropathy was suspected but the diabetes consultant was the only one to investigate and it has subsequently been diagnosed as a knock on effect of the damage caused by arthritis of the spine. :roll:

Always wise to insist on a thorough investigation. :)
 
I had some really weird neuropathy things. First my entire right side went numb. Went to the gp and she looked at a leaflet, decided I hadn't had a stroke, and told me to wait and see if it went away. It did but then the entire left side went numb. Fun! Then that went away, and was replaced by horrible feet feelings. I felt like my toes were wrapped with rubber bands and kept feeling like my socks were folded up under my feet, even with bare feet. That started to drive me mental. Luckily it's gone away since I did dafne and started getting better control.

But don't let the doctor assume it's diabetes related without a proper explanation. Sometimes I think they see diabetes as a handy cop-out to avoid doing any work. "yes, a cartoon anvil fell on your head. There's a much higher incidence of this type of problem amongst diabetics. You just need to get better control." helpful!! When I had carpal tunnel, the gp was convinced it was neuropathy because it got worse when I went hypo. But I knew it was carpal tunnel because of which fingers were affected. So I insisted on a referral and they did nerve tests and I was right. So they did the op and now it's fine. So always insist your gp tries to earn his salary! :-)
 
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