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What Causes Numbness In Big Toe?
Question: 3 relatively new things going on:
When waking up my left foot seems a little numb between the big toe and the one next to it. XXXXXXX horses in my lower legs past 4 days in a row when waking up.
Yesterday felt slightly off balance. I am 64 yrs old.
When waking up my left foot seems a little numb between the big toe and the one next to it. XXXXXXX horses in my lower legs past 4 days in a row when waking up.
Yesterday felt slightly off balance. I am 64 yrs old.
Brief Answer:
it can be due to nerve related causes
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case. .Most probably your priblems are nerve related. Either you have nerve compression in spine or you may be having vitamin B 12 Deficiency. But before I advise you any thing I would like to know little detail about the illness.
1. Are you a smoker or Diabetes?
2. Are you also having back pain or headaches?
3. Do you also have weakness in your lower limbs?
Please send me answers of these questions. I will try my best to help you.
Thanks
it can be due to nerve related causes
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case. .Most probably your priblems are nerve related. Either you have nerve compression in spine or you may be having vitamin B 12 Deficiency. But before I advise you any thing I would like to know little detail about the illness.
1. Are you a smoker or Diabetes?
2. Are you also having back pain or headaches?
3. Do you also have weakness in your lower limbs?
Please send me answers of these questions. I will try my best to help you.
Thanks
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
No smoking. Borderline diabetes. No headaches. In evening I sit in a lounge chair with my feet up 2 or 3 hrs. When I get up lower back aches. Could that put pressure on a nerve?
Brief Answer:
This is due to neuropathy
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
sitting in lounge chair for few hours is not going to cause any trouble. This is slow degenerative process and takes months to develop. As you are also having borderline Diabetes so you are more prone for neuropathy. I have following suggestions for you.
1. Start taking tablet Pregabalin M one at night time.
2.Tablet calcium and vitamin D3 daily.
3. Tablet Carnisure one daily.
Discuss with your doctor before start taking these drugs. These tablets will improve your nerve strenght, If still problem remains or increase than you need to see a neurolgist and get MRI of the spine.
I hope this answer will be useful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks
This is due to neuropathy
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
sitting in lounge chair for few hours is not going to cause any trouble. This is slow degenerative process and takes months to develop. As you are also having borderline Diabetes so you are more prone for neuropathy. I have following suggestions for you.
1. Start taking tablet Pregabalin M one at night time.
2.Tablet calcium and vitamin D3 daily.
3. Tablet Carnisure one daily.
Discuss with your doctor before start taking these drugs. These tablets will improve your nerve strenght, If still problem remains or increase than you need to see a neurolgist and get MRI of the spine.
I hope this answer will be useful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Answered by
Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement
Practicing since :2002
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