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Does Intermittent Pain In Toe Require Medical Treatment?
Last night I experienced paid on the top of my big toe. It wasn t ask often as a blood plus but was often about every 10 seconds. Woke my up about 4:25 AM. I do not have diebeties. (misspelled) Had a physical in January and blood sugar is good. Should I call my doctor? Off and on today I feel the same pain.
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Wed, 11 Jun 2014
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hi,
as you mentioned you have pain the great toe, there seems to be two chances as per my understanding of your pain.
one, it can be high levels of uric acid
two, due to nerve impingement in the lumbar spine.
for checking the uric acid levels , urine test will be done and for lumbar spine nerve impingement , MRI will be good.
As to rule out first preference is uric acid test, if this comes normal then the next iw MRI if spine.
usually by precision of the exercise planned with medication helps to recover upto 99% of the cases.
with the grace of God I wish you a speedy recovery
as you mentioned you have pain the great toe, there seems to be two chances as per my understanding of your pain.
one, it can be high levels of uric acid
two, due to nerve impingement in the lumbar spine.
for checking the uric acid levels , urine test will be done and for lumbar spine nerve impingement , MRI will be good.
As to rule out first preference is uric acid test, if this comes normal then the next iw MRI if spine.
usually by precision of the exercise planned with medication helps to recover upto 99% of the cases.
with the grace of God I wish you a speedy recovery
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