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Tingling & numbness

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Texascitylady

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I started having tingling & numbness in my toes about 1 year ago, went to my Dr & she told me from my blood work that I had pre diabetes. My A1C was 6.3. She prescribed Metformin & I have been taking this medication for about 6 months now. Tested my blood sugar last week & it was 5.7. I’m happy with my blood sugar, but what concerns me now is that the tingling & numbness has moved up a little further on my feet, around the arches. Having trouble sleeping at night. Is there another Dr that I should see to check out my feet? Thanks
 
Texascitylady said:
I started having tingling & numbness in my toes about 1 year ago, went to my Dr & she told me from my blood work that I had pre diabetes. My A1C was 6.3. She prescribed Metformin & I have been taking this medication for about 6 months now. Tested my blood sugar last week & it was 5.7. I’m happy with my blood sugar, but what concerns me now is that the tingling & numbness has moved up a little further on my feet, around the arches. Having trouble sleeping at night. Is there another Dr that I should see to check out my feet? Thanks
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Hi and welcome to the forums. I had (have) a similar experience: tingling/numbness in the feet, starting in the toes and sometimes moving into the foot itself. In my case it was neuropathy and around 2015 it became very painful - a sort of burning pain that didn't let me sleeep.

Good news is that the pain has gone and the little bit of tingling left is extremely mild (but is probably permanent) these days following getting my blood sugars back into normal levels.

I never got any advice about from medics about it - in the UK there are supposed to be yearly foot checks for diabetics but in my experience they are looking mainly for numbness/loss of sensation and foot injuries.
 
Welcome to the forums @Texascitylady . I just wanted to add that though it's easy to assume that everything that goes wrong with your body must be a complication of diabetes (or prediabetes in your case) that isn't necessarily the case so if I were in your position I would keep an open mind about possible causes.
 
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