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What Causes Numbness In Feet?
My dad is 88 and he has learned to live with numb feet. Recently I learned that numb feed not only effects his balance (which is not good, even tho he uses a cane most of the time) but also other cognitive functions. His smalltown MD told him the numbness was just aging. Is it? He does not have diabetes and the numbness has not changed over the past couple of years. But it is so severe that he sometimes does not know if his shoes are on and he walks off with just one on. Thank you. DP
Mon, 6 Jul 2015
Thanks for using HCM, I understand your concern and will try to give you my medical advice, well numb feet have different causes the most frequent are circulatory problems( poor circulation), neuropathy, local nerve compression, degenerative process( spinal) diabetes, atherosclerosis and much more, although in the aging process you can experiment some numb feet isn't severe like your father. I hope that my advice has been helpful, take care
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