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What Causes Intermittent Burning Pain In Toes And Foot?
My wife has an intermittent burning pain that shoots to her left foot second, third, & fourth toes. She describes it as electricity shooting. Reports that the pain almost paralyzes her when it comes. She is not diabetic, thin build, & wears proper shoes. She is a nurse & is on her feet a great deal of her work day. She does suffer from bunions bilaterally, but they have not been a significant problem for her. Is this something that she should be concerned of? Do you have any recommendations she can try to use for relief? Thank you for any assistance.
Tue, 7 Jun 2016
hi,
thank-you for providing the brief history of your wife.
As the symptoms indicate the sharp shooting pain and also she is a nurse I will recommend to undergo a thorough clinical examination.
As the pain is in the toes first thing to look for is gout. so for which urine culture is advised which can help plan the medical treatment. If gout reports are negative then we should look out for spine pathology. as due to the compression of the nerve in the lumbar Spine electrifying pain is felt either down the leg or either the toes.
After a clinical examination an MRI is advised to understand the spine pathology and with physical therapy she should respond well. As she is a nurse and having long standing hours job I suspect it to be spine pathology which nurses are common to have.
In my clinical practice most nurses have similar problems and they respond well to physical therapy.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
thank-you for providing the brief history of your wife.
As the symptoms indicate the sharp shooting pain and also she is a nurse I will recommend to undergo a thorough clinical examination.
As the pain is in the toes first thing to look for is gout. so for which urine culture is advised which can help plan the medical treatment. If gout reports are negative then we should look out for spine pathology. as due to the compression of the nerve in the lumbar Spine electrifying pain is felt either down the leg or either the toes.
After a clinical examination an MRI is advised to understand the spine pathology and with physical therapy she should respond well. As she is a nurse and having long standing hours job I suspect it to be spine pathology which nurses are common to have.
In my clinical practice most nurses have similar problems and they respond well to physical therapy.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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