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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / April 2006tingling in hands and feet
How many people with RA suffer from tingling of the hands and feet and around ankle and some in the calves, my doctor doesn't seem to think that is part of RA but what I have read it seems like it could be. Does anyone else have these problems and if so what has helped? Thanks I have this too but it is always tracked down to a separate cause. In both cases it is due to pinched nerves. In the hands it can be carpal tunnel syndrome and in the feet it's tarsal tunnel syndrome. I had surgery last year on my right foot to relieve the pressure of the tarsal tunnel just like the surgery for carpal tunnel. This is not really RA but a secondary effect of the RA. Take care, Vickie B. Vickie, Thanks for the info, I am sure part of it is the RA, when I get up in the morning it is like before I took meds, ankles are still, hips joints ache, wrists feel tight and neck can hardly bend , the doc had said he was going to give me prednisone to try a couple days of to see how I would feel but now since this mri was down he mostly is holding off on everything till I see the neurologist except he raised the mtx. Thanks again Becky >I have this too but it is always tracked down to a separate cause. In > both cases it is due to pinched nerves. In the hands it can be carpal [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Vickie B. My dad had tingling and pain in his feet. A podiatrist tracked it down ot an inflammed tendon in his ankle and fixed him up with a couple of pred shots in the ankle. Daddy had RA and I've always assumed the inflammation was connected. YMMV Also, there is a fairly high incidence of carpal tunnel problems in folks with inflammatory arthritis, presumably because we have greater inflammation in our wrists than the general public. I've been there and had great success with the surgeries. If you suspect something like that is going on with your hands and feet, you might ask the neurologist if it would be worth doing EMGs to check out the nerve conduction in those areas. I warn you though, some of us have found the testing painful.  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare >My dad had tingling and pain in his feet. A podiatrist tracked it down ot an >inflammed tendon in his ankle and fixed him up with a couple of pred shots in [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >in our wrists than the general public. I've been there and had great success >with the surgeries. I have Carpal in one hand due to RA but I won't have surgery. The inflammation will go elsewhere eventually and the tingling will stop as it has in the past. Sometimes it takes a few months but icing and resting the wrist seems to work. Thumper >If you suspect something like that is going on with your hands and feet, you >might ask the neurologist if it would be worth doing EMGs to check out the >nerve conduction in those areas. I warn you though, some of us have found >the testing painful. Becky, I don't have RA, but when the doctor put me on Topomax for my migrains...this has been a side effect of that medication... So maybe some of the medications that are given for RA can cause the tingling...Just a thought... Hope you find some answers... Hugs Cindy > How many people with RA suffer from tingling of the hands and feet and > around ankle and some in the calves, my doctor doesn't seem to think that [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks Cindy, I have asked about meds and the doctor and pharmcy guys say no. I just got back form being gone for 6 hours, and my poor feet are killing me, I wore the tennis shoes and the orthodcis, the ones I worse for a long time, the new ones are to big, anyway I am more convinced then ever it is the stupid orhtoidcs, my back is killing me and my the right side of my ankles fill like a knife is going thru them, that can't be the RA in the back, who knows but it has been over a year now that I have had this and I am so SICK and tired of each doctor having a new version and you try and and nothing, I go back to the podiartist on Monday and he already said gee my martharon runners wear those orthodics so don't see why you can't, gee I don't think I am a marathon runner, they are made out of hard plastic and my arches and heels are very sensitive and don't need to walk upon cement!! Sorry to be so grouchy just plain tired of it all, they tried to make me a softer pair but they were so bulky they were ridiculous!! I tired on Birkenstocks today also, but the erosions in the bottom of my big toe and side of foot made it painful and they are not the right size the 39 is a little to small and the 40 is a little to big! It is going to be an evening of a big pity party, please forgive me! Thanks Becky > Becky, I don't have RA, but when the doctor put me on Topomax for my > migrains...this has been a side effect of that medication... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> Becky - I've worn orthotics for years. Since I was 16 in fact. Over a year ago, I went and had new ones made. They were supposed to be the cadilacs of orthotics. Cost a small fortune. It was the first pair I reallly ever had to adhere to a break in schedule. After 10 months of my feet and back hurting worse and worse I decided that it just might be the orthotics. They were just too damn hard. I went to a local shoe store called Foot Solutions at the advice of a friend. The man there fitted me with a pair of off the rack orthotics well, actually - inserts - that are made of a moldable material. As you walk they conform to your foot and become what you need. They run about $60 if I remember correctly. There were about 6 different styles depending on your need which was analysed by a computerized mat that you stand on. Within days of wearing them, the killing pain in my feet went away. I know it's time to get new ones when the pain comes back. They did help the low back pain some as well. I've been told that with diabetes and also with RA, we can loose the naturally occuring fat pads on the bottom of the foot and if you combine that with other problems I have - FMS, MS and peripheral neuropathy - it would be hard to say exactly which was causing the pain. The bottom like is that the new "inserts" worked much better than the expensive dr made ones did and I'm not stuffing my face with a new pill. If you want to try pills, neurontin or B6 have worked for me in the past for this same problem but that's another story. Let me know if you want the brand name and I'll look for the box. DiW > How many people with RA suffer from tingling of the hands and feet and > around ankle and some in the calves, my doctor doesn't seem to think that is > part of RA but what I have read it seems like it could be. > Does anyone else have these problems and if so what has helped? It could be lots of things. In my case it was peripheral neuropathy as a result of diabetes, i.e. a result of blood sugar often being too high for too long. Once I got my blood sugars low it started to go away slowly, and is now all gone except for a mild residue in one foot. SignatureChris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] becky, i've had off and on tingling in hands and feet for years. also occasionally on one side of my face (for more than a decade), particularly if i rub that side of my face--then i'll have a few moments of tingling. i went through so many tests i don't remember them all. the only thing that was discovered was a problem with the c5-6 discs in my neck, which would not cause the symptoms in both hands and feet. my rheumy was at first concerned it was ms because i was on enbrel when it started, but the mri was fine and i've had no progression. as a matter of fact, the tingling's much rarer these days. i did a lot of research on it and discovered there are a zillion possible reasons, some benign, others not. so all this is to say, i've had the tingling too. good luck, and i hope yours turns out to be nothing serious. diane Hello Becky, I suffer with Rhuematoid and Osteo Arthritis and have the same problem with tingling of my hands and feet. My Rhuematologist sent me to another specialist as he thought that I may have had the start of MS. Thank goodness that was not the case, so I continue with the pins and needles. Still puzzled WHY !..........if you have any luck and find out what it is, could you please let me know ! Best regards, Carolyn (from Aussie) ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________ > How many people with RA suffer from tingling of the hands and feet and > around ankle and some in the calves, my doctor doesn't seem to think that is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Becky, Have you been checked for Fibromyalgia? The sensation of pins and needles or as some people refer to it as burning is a symptom of it. Just a thought Dawn > Hello Becky, > I suffer with Rhuematoid and Osteo Arthritis and have the same problem with [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Best regards, > Carolyn (from Aussie) ____________________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________ > > How many people with RA suffer from tingling of the hands and feet and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > > I had that so badly, I would just rub my legs. My GP put me on 300mg four times a day. No problems. I tried to cut back one pill and my legs started burning again. It works for me. I haven't noticed any side effects from it. He called it neuropathy. Loujean >Becky, > Have you been checked for Fibromyalgia? [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> > >> > Sorry - forgot to put the medicine - Neurontin. Loujean :-( >I had that so badly, I would just rub my legs. My GP put me on 300mg >four times a day. No problems. I tried to cut back one pill and my [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >>> > >>> > |
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