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What Causes Hair Loss,tingling In Hands And Feet And Lightheaded?
Hi I am 51 female diagnosed last December with mgus after repeated tests after low kidney function. Kidneys now fine gfr 60 also have high parathyroid levels. Constantly tired, now hair loss around front of head, tingling hands and feet and have had bone pain since last July-ribs/back/hips and recently knees. Very healthy up until last July when all this started. Fed up being told cannot find anything wrong with me. Recently feeling pretty light headed on occasions and finding door frames and furniture jumping out to hit me! Well, I m walking into things. Any suggestions. Attend hematology last 3 blood tests paraprotein levels increasing but no nasty cells detected. Have appointment with an endocrinologist this week. Thank you.
Mon, 9 Jan 2017
Hi,
Although I am not a specialist for MGUS, I can give you a few hints as to how I would proceed: MGUS can progress to more serious diseases, like multiple myeloma. The tingling in hands or feet and nerve symptoms and dizziness can be related to the disease. Also the bone pain sounds like there is something going on within the bone marrow. Did you have a bone marrow biopsy? And/or CT or MRI scan of the aching bones? Do you have high blood calcium levels? You should also be checked for osteoporosis, if it is not done yet.
The hair loss can be a sign of inflammation from the disease, stress because of disease or altered hormone levels. Depending on how severe it is, it could be treated with topical hormonal or anti-inflammatory treatment.I hope this may help you to go in the right direction from here. You might need a more aggressive treatment as determined by a hematologist or endocrinologist or both.
If I were you, I would make sure to eat a healthy diet high in organic vegetables and add a supplement, especially I am thinking of curcumin (the ingredient in turmeric), in its bio-available form. I would be interested in learning how it all turns out. Please keep me posted.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Christine Sauer
Although I am not a specialist for MGUS, I can give you a few hints as to how I would proceed: MGUS can progress to more serious diseases, like multiple myeloma. The tingling in hands or feet and nerve symptoms and dizziness can be related to the disease. Also the bone pain sounds like there is something going on within the bone marrow. Did you have a bone marrow biopsy? And/or CT or MRI scan of the aching bones? Do you have high blood calcium levels? You should also be checked for osteoporosis, if it is not done yet.
The hair loss can be a sign of inflammation from the disease, stress because of disease or altered hormone levels. Depending on how severe it is, it could be treated with topical hormonal or anti-inflammatory treatment.I hope this may help you to go in the right direction from here. You might need a more aggressive treatment as determined by a hematologist or endocrinologist or both.
If I were you, I would make sure to eat a healthy diet high in organic vegetables and add a supplement, especially I am thinking of curcumin (the ingredient in turmeric), in its bio-available form. I would be interested in learning how it all turns out. Please keep me posted.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Christine Sauer
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