What Causes Burning Sensation In Feet And Numbness In Hands And Fingers?

Posted on Wed, 15 Jun 2016

Question: Hello,
On behalf of my brother, who is 50 years old, what could be possible causes of a burning sensation in the feet when he needs to pee (more recently he has also been feeling numbness and tingling in his hands/fingers)?
Any information you provide will help.
Thank you kindly.

Answered by Dr. Harish Naik (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Kidney stones, UTI, Diabetes

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome.
Since when he is facing this problem?
Is he suffering from any medical illness?
Is he taking any medication?

Your history is too short to advise but still here you go with provisional conditions
He can be suffering form

a) Kidney stone
b) Kidney or Urinary Bladder or most commonly UTI infection (can be treated with medication only)
c) Diabetes

He can go for these investigations to confirm the diagnosis
a) Routine blood urine and Creatinine
b) Blood Urea & Urine Urea
c) Urine routine examination
d) Blood Sugar - FBS, PPBS, HbA1c

For further comments, I need the reports
or you can consult any general practitioner with the same
This provisional advice provided by me is based entirely on the input provided to me. I would suggest examination by the doctor.

I hope this suggestion might be of some help to you. Please accept my answer in case you do not have further queries.

Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Sonia Raina

Follow up: Dr. Harish Naik (21 hours later)

Thank you for the response and information. I'm providing the answers to your questions, below. Please advise if your initial suggestions change:

He has only recently (in the past three months) begun to experience this. He has not had any serious illness in his lifetime (although in childhood, he had his tonsils removed - I don't know how serious that was).

He does not regularly take any medication for any condition, has not had any surgeries, and hasn't made any regular or prolonged hospital visits. He does not use recreational drugs, and is skinny or just about normal weight for a 5' 8" male.

He's active in his lifestyle but his diet might not be considered perfectly balanced. He eats a mixture of healthy and non-healthy foods; and does drink beer or alcohol in social situations. Like other family members, once he got to age 40+, he needed eye glasses for vision issues. He has one child.

He has since seen two doctors and was given muscle relaxers and pain medicine (not certain which ones).

Please let me know if I can answer any additional questions.

Thank you.

Answered by Dr. Harish Naik (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Need to be evaluated.

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for getting back.
So as said earlier I want him to go for few investigation.
1. Urine routine examination to rule out UTI.
2. KUB x-ray to rule stones in kidney and bladder
3. Blood sugar test to rule out diabetes.

Kindly go for this test came back with the reports or show this report to local doctor.
Hope this helps.
Take care .

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad