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What Causes Feeling Of Freezing And Burning Sensations In Feet?
Question: my feet always feel really cold but to touch they feel warm. Should I have this checked out or is it nothing to be concerned about. I don't know if a feeling of unbalanced sometimes has any relationship to this or if it is a virus. I haven't seen a dr. yet.
Brief Answer:
You may have neuropathy
Detailed Answer:
Feeling sensations of different temperature in an extremity despite it being another can be the sign of a neuropathy. Since you are 74 years old we would normally check you for metabolic reasons including diabetes, medication side effects/interactions, thyroid dysfunction, nutritional deficiencies, etc.
You say that your thyroid is within normal limits. I always tend to check both a FREE T4 as well as a TSH and sometimes even Total T3 and Free T3 if I think there's a chance that thyroid issues could be at stake. You should ask your doctor if the testing of the thyroid was just on the basis of the TSH as it is most of the time.
Balance receptors in the bottoms of our feet naturally begin losing function and failing around age 70 and this increases with age. Therefore, your symptom may have nothing to do with the odd temperature disconnect you are feeling. On the other hand, if you do have a neuropathy due to some correctable chemical reason or hormonal imbalance then, it is not impossible that the same problem could be affecting those same balance receptor circuits from your feet so equilibrium may get better.
I hope this addresses your concerns. If so, may I ask for the favor of a HIGH STAR RATING on our interaction and some brief written feedback.
Write to me at: XXXX for additional comments, concerns, or to upload information that you would like me to look at in the event you may have information you'd like reviewed.
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You may have neuropathy
Detailed Answer:
Feeling sensations of different temperature in an extremity despite it being another can be the sign of a neuropathy. Since you are 74 years old we would normally check you for metabolic reasons including diabetes, medication side effects/interactions, thyroid dysfunction, nutritional deficiencies, etc.
You say that your thyroid is within normal limits. I always tend to check both a FREE T4 as well as a TSH and sometimes even Total T3 and Free T3 if I think there's a chance that thyroid issues could be at stake. You should ask your doctor if the testing of the thyroid was just on the basis of the TSH as it is most of the time.
Balance receptors in the bottoms of our feet naturally begin losing function and failing around age 70 and this increases with age. Therefore, your symptom may have nothing to do with the odd temperature disconnect you are feeling. On the other hand, if you do have a neuropathy due to some correctable chemical reason or hormonal imbalance then, it is not impossible that the same problem could be affecting those same balance receptor circuits from your feet so equilibrium may get better.
I hope this addresses your concerns. If so, may I ask for the favor of a HIGH STAR RATING on our interaction and some brief written feedback.
Write to me at: XXXX for additional comments, concerns, or to upload information that you would like me to look at in the event you may have information you'd like reviewed.
This query required 12 minutes to read, research, and compile an envoy to the patient
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