What Causes Numbness Of Feet And Curling Of Toes While Sleeping?

Posted on Mon, 15 Sep 2014

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Mon, 15 Sep 2014 Answered on

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Question : I am having trouble with my feet. The ball of the foot feels like a ball While sleeping (or trying) m toes curl over and I get like a XXXXXXX horse shooting up my leg. Sometimes when I get up my toes will not go to the floor and if I force them I get the pain or they lock up.

What does an oncologist have to do with feet?

Answered by Dr. Meher Lakshmi Konatam (29 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
doesnt seem to have relationship with cancer

Detailed Answer:
Your symptoms don't have relationship with cancer. Looks more like calcium deficiency. Calcium deficiency can cause cramps and sometimes symptoms that you have described. If your calcium levels are low further work up is necessary to determine the cause. As part of workup sometimes paratharmone and thyroid harmone levels are checked. Alteration in harmone levels requires further workup like imaging. Rarely malignancies effecting endocrine glands can cause alteration in harmonw levels and thus your symptoms.
All these are not common and very rare. Inadequate intake leading to deficiency are most common

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj