Can anyone help me on this one? For nearly a year my feet, toes and ankles have been in awful shape. Put it down to RA but while all other joints improved they got worse. Had a Nerve Conduction Test this morning which indicates moderate to severe nerve damage affecting the legs and feet. Signs of drop foot and something or other gait (like a clip clop motion.)
More consultations and tests to go but meanwhile has anyone had this or come across it? It seems possible that I and the docs may have been barking up the wrong tree. Oh, I've got RA, no doubt, but this seems to be a concurrent complicating factor which needs to be treated seperately.
Any replies would be most welcome, so thank you in advance. Des.
Des,
I have a lot of foot problems too....but am unsure about what is causing yours. I do know that RA can affect the nerves..in the wrist/hand carpel tunnel and in the feet too.
Wish I had more info for you...but I'd do the testing and see how it comes out.
Good luck to you.
My main problem is my feet and ankles. I am under doctor's care for Reactive Rhematoid Arthritis. I am on antibiotic therapy. My hands and wrists, arms all have improved but my feet are still chronic. Even a wrinkle in my sock bothers me! My doctor put me on nuerontin for nerve pain but that did not help at all. I can only wear nike's. All other shoes bother my feet. This has been going on for almost a year now! I understand how frustrated you are!! I had the "nerve test" done and it came back normal! Ahhhhh!My toes are numb a lot but I've never had a nerve test done. My toes look as if they are curling under though.
My toes go numb and also my fingers too. I've tried all kinds of socks and none worked for me. I am constantly readjusting my socks. Can't wear any other kind of shoes but my Nike's and then thoes bother me sometimes too!michele
www.footsmart.com has wonderful seamless socks and many other good products for the miserably footed.
My husband suffered a giant blood clot in his leg that has caused problems with swelling for serveral years now. Footsmart had the no elastic socks he desperately needed.
Hanes has a linked toe sock but I've had trouble finding them.
Thanks all, don't know about socks but there was a discussion re shoes a couple of months back, especially CROCS.
To those with foot pain, I've just been diagnosed with nerve damage which it seems may account for the bad feet, either the primary cause or in conjunction with the RA. Whatever, a new approach is called for. This is not for everyone, of course, LynnAnn's test, for example, showed normal. In my case the RA drugs seemed to have controlled ten out of fourteen affected joints. Of the remaining four both elbow and partly hand have been alleviated by a splint and physio. Only the feet remain and as mentioned before I may have wrongly been blaming the RA.
The full name is Sensorimotor Peripheral Neuropathy and a Google search will give lots of information. If you think you have it ask your doc. There's a simple test indicator he/she can do in the surgery before going to a neuroligist. If I can but get my feet under control life will be so much better.
dessy - michele has been having trouble with socks. I figured lots of us with the 'agony of da feet ' would benefit from smooth socks. Those seams make blisters on my lumpy bumpy toes.
I hope something can be done for your neuropathy. I have nuerological problems with both hands caused by medial and ulnar nerve entrapment. It is part of RA for me.
I am wondering if the same sort of thing is happening with my feet. I do have numbess and tingling as well as pain.
I hope they can pin point the cause of your nueorpathy and treat it successfully. Good Luck.
Thanks all, don't know about socks but there was a discussion re shoes a couple of months back, especially CROCS.
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I LOVE my Crocs! They are SO comfy! I have the bright green ones...a very happy color for my very happy feet!
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