You could suffer from peripheral neuropathy, a medical condition in which the nerves are damaged. Symptoms of peripheral neuropathy include a burning, stinging, tingling sensation along legs, feet, arms, and hands, also described as a sort of pins-and-needles feeling in these extremities.
In addition, some people experience numbness. If neuropathy makes your feet numb, check them daily for cuts and abrasions that could become infected without your realizing it.
Neuropathy is a common problem for diabetics. Causes for peripheral neuropathy include alcoholism, nutritional deficiencies, such as a vitamin B-12 deficiency, and cigarette smoking.
Your best bet is to schedule an appointment with your doctor, who can pinpoint and rule out possibilities by running a series of tests, such as blood tests, a nerve biopsy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and a nerve conduction velocity test. Your doctor can evaluate your personal and family medical history, and any symptoms you may be having.
Another possibility is that you could suffer from fibromyalgia, a disorder characterized by long-term, full-body pain, and tender spots in joints, muscles, tendons, and other soft tissues. The pain, which has been described as deep aching, radiating, gnawing, shooting or burning, ranges from mild to severe.
Fibromyalgia is believed to amplify painful sensations by affecting the way a brain processes pain signals. Issues with sleep, fatigue, memory, headaches, depression, anxiety, and other symptoms accompany the disorder. For some fibromyalgia sufferers, the pain improves during the daytime and escalates in the evening, although many experience daylong, non-stop pain.
In addition, some people experience numbness. If neuropathy makes your feet numb, check them daily for cuts and abrasions that could become infected without your realizing it.
Neuropathy is a common problem for diabetics. Causes for peripheral neuropathy include alcoholism, nutritional deficiencies, such as a vitamin B-12 deficiency, and cigarette smoking.
Your best bet is to schedule an appointment with your doctor, who can pinpoint and rule out possibilities by running a series of tests, such as blood tests, a nerve biopsy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and a nerve conduction velocity test. Your doctor can evaluate your personal and family medical history, and any symptoms you may be having.
Another possibility is that you could suffer from fibromyalgia, a disorder characterized by long-term, full-body pain, and tender spots in joints, muscles, tendons, and other soft tissues. The pain, which has been described as deep aching, radiating, gnawing, shooting or burning, ranges from mild to severe.
Fibromyalgia is believed to amplify painful sensations by affecting the way a brain processes pain signals. Issues with sleep, fatigue, memory, headaches, depression, anxiety, and other symptoms accompany the disorder. For some fibromyalgia sufferers, the pain improves during the daytime and escalates in the evening, although many experience daylong, non-stop pain.
