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What Causes Numbness And Tingling Of Foot In A Diabetic Patient?
My father is 52years old he is suffering from diabetes from last 1 month he realised fever in evening and pain behind ear during driving bike he feel pain in neck and many times numbness and tingling in foot during night he becomes very weak and also he feel cold in this hot weather doctor say his eosinophilic count increase and his tonsil become enlarged. Please suggest your opinion.
Sat, 24 May 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your father's symptoms. These are suggestive of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).
In DPN, the peripheral nerves (located in the skin) get affected. The common sites where nerves get affected are feet and hands.
The common symptoms due to DPN are tingling, burning, numbness and pain in feet and hands.
Nerve conduction studies may be done to confirm the diagnosis.
Medications such as pregabalin or gabapentin capsules could help reduce the symptom severity.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your father's symptoms. These are suggestive of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).
In DPN, the peripheral nerves (located in the skin) get affected. The common sites where nerves get affected are feet and hands.
The common symptoms due to DPN are tingling, burning, numbness and pain in feet and hands.
Nerve conduction studies may be done to confirm the diagnosis.
Medications such as pregabalin or gabapentin capsules could help reduce the symptom severity.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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