What Causes Slightly Swollen Forearms, Tingling Sensation In Hands And Feet?

Posted on Sat, 19 Sep 2015

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Question : I have tingling in my hands and feet and both of my forearms are slightly swollen underneath. I do manual labor for my job and built a fence this week with my contractor husband. have taken some advil and it doesn't help

Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Peripheral neuropathy/Diabetes/Vitamin deficiencies/Nerve conduction

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

If you would have presented to me as an outpatient with this clinical history,I would have told you that these symptoms may be suggestive of peripheral neuropathy.The common causes which can result in these symptoms are-
1)Diabetes
2)Vitamins deficiency
3)Alcoholism
4)Drugs

Further,Anxiety can also commonly result in such symptoms.I hereby,advise you to start doing regular mental relaxation exercises like meditation/yoga and observe for the improvement.

If the symptoms keep persisting,I suggest you to get the following investigations done-
1)Blood sugar-fasting
2)Nerve conduction studies
- to approach the diagnosis of neuropathy.

If you have any further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)

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