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Off-Topic => Diabetes => Topic started by: tyefly on May 25, 2010, 08:43:11 PM
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Ok I have been experiencing a sharp pain in my foot..... it on the bottom of the foot and its right in the middle closer to the toes..... but not the toes...... it a stabbing pain..... I keep looking at it but I dont see anything wrong....no skin problems..... and the pain seems to be getting worst more frequent..... does not hurt to walk..... just when I am sitting I get these really bad pains...... the area is like the size of a 50 cent piece..... Are these the first signs of loosing my foot..... is this diabetes stuff..... I am diabetic....but have only been for a few months...ok maybe a year now......
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My initial thought was bone spur, but that went out the door when it only hurts when you sit. So my advice is to see your doctor. If the area is warm, that is a sign of an infection going on.
Have you stubbed your foot or kicked something? The thought there is a bone chip. How are your nerves in your foot, as in feeling touch, hot and cold, and pin procks? Blood Sugars ok also?
Picking at straws, so hopefully you see your doctor and he/she will take an x-ray, ct-scan to determine problem
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tyefly, could it be a callous, is it painful to touch, hard skin, just having a stab in the dark. Talk to your nurse or Doc.
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Oh gee yes, see your Doctor. A serious complication in the feet from having diabetes can be Nueropathy. Wounds, cuts and ulcers can be a serious matter under circumstances. But it could be (hmmm...) Gout? Gout is a build up of Ureic acid which cause these crystal "things" (lol) to develop into sharp edges which can dig into the tissue. Gout usually causes inflammation around the joints especially in the toe area (particularly in the big toe) but can occur else where. Redness & inflammation are an indicator. That being said lol, it could be just about anything! lol Maybe even just a tootsie boo boo. I hope it feels better soon and if it gets worse at anytime, see your doctor right away.
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Diabetics often suffer from neuropathy of the lower limbs. That often results in sharp pains in various parts of the feet.
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Oh gee yes, see your Doctor. A serious complication in the feet from having diabetes can be Nueropathy. Wounds, cuts and ulcers can be a serious matter under circumstances. But it could be (hmmm...) Gout? Gout is a build up of Ureic acid which cause these crystal "things" (lol) to develop into sharp edges which can dig into the tissue. Gout usually causes inflammation around the joints especially in the toe area (particularly in the big toe) but can occur else where. Redness & inflammation are an indicator. That being said lol, it could be just about anything! lol Maybe even just a tootsie boo boo. I hope it feels better soon and if it gets worse at anytime, see your doctor right away.
LOL that's not gout. Gout is excrutiating constant pain. even the touch of a bed sheet hurts. I lived with it for over 5 weeks at one time. Podiatrist wanted to do surgery because that would alliviate t he pain. I then happen to go see my PCP and she saw it and right away said "that's gout, let's do a uric acid blood test , just to make sure" Sure enough uric acid was over the roof. I w as given colchicine and allopurinol and that was the end of gout of me.