Question: My mother is having irregular burning sensation in hands n feet. Sometimes less, sometimes more. She is not diabetic. Her cholesterol value is 315 and triglycerides value is 600 recently done the tests. Just in last 15 days there is onset of burning feeling. What could be the reason? Do you think TENS and IFT will be of help in reducing burning and numbness in feet n hands.. Because of this problem she is not able to sleep properly and takes sedative Stalopam Lite, which also doesn't give her proper sound sleep Kindly advice on the same.

Hello Doctor, Thank you very much for the details but the burning and numbness in hands n feet started just 15 days back. Actually she was taking blood pressure medicine Betacap 20 and Losar 50 (BD) since last 4-5 years. Three months back she started having vertigo and dizziness, so doctor ruled out that it maybe due to Betacap. She stopped one betacap and after 4 days stopped the other one two and contd with Losar 50 (BD) Within 24 hours her BP shot up to 170/100 with profuse sweating and shivering. She was given Depin sublingual which dropped the BP to 130/80. And then doctor put her on Amlodepin and Losar. But this also didnt give relief much. She later caught up with malaria and started having tremors n shakiness in body with excessive sweating. This was after 12 days of stopping Betacap. Once malaria subsided she started having burning and tingling sensations in feet n hands sometimes less sometimes more. Finally she is on Betacap 20 (OD) with no other BP medicine. Her BP is around 130/80 n sometimes even 110/70. Is this because of high triglycerides that her BP is at this level by just one medicine, wherein she had to take Betacap n Losar twice a day to get this level before. How come within a 15 days time period this burning sensation occurred all of a sudden. She was on Simastatin and Maxapa for a long time. She left Maxapa only two months back n Simastatin one month back. Also she doesn't eat much then also it increased. She doesn't eat any oily food, no red meat. She also doesnt feel like eating anything now. She feels hungry cause of multivitamins she is taking, but when she sees the food she doesnt feel like eating. She is only eating fruits like orange, XXXXXXX and lemon juice, vegetable soup and one roti. Now again she has started Simvastanin 20 (OD) and Maxapa (OD) 4 days back. In how much time should the cholesterol n triglycerides come in normal limit. Also will cervical n spinal traction help in anyway, or should go directly for IFT and TENS? Should we try Gabapentin for nerves? Please update me on all of it so that we can come to know what exactly is going on and in how much much time will she recover. Await reply Regards n Thanks XXXXXXX

Thank you doctor. The Blood pressure is not going above 130/80. All these years she was on Betacap 20 and Losar 50 (BD) then the BP used to be maintained at 130/80 Now with just one Betacap 20 once a day her BP is below 130/80, sometimes even 110/70. What could be the reason for such a drastic change, that a person who used to take BP medicine twice a day now only one Betacap 20 once a day keeps the BP below 130 n sometimes even low like 100 that she has to take salts to increase cause then she would feel dizziness while sitting and walking.