I am having a glucose tolearnce test tomorrow. Is this a sign of neuropathy?

Question

I think I am having blood sugar problems and have been for quite a while. I guess I will know for sure after tomorrow.

About a year ago I began having a burning pain in my foot. I asked a podiatrist could I possibly be diabetic. He said no because if it were neuropathy I would be having pain in both feet.

Does that sound right? Is that true? If you don't know, please don't answer.

Thanks!

I don't think this is gout. The pain is on the bottom of my foot where the arch and heel meet. The problem is not in a joint.

Answer 1

I strongly disagree with your podiatrist. I have experienced burning in my left foot off and on for the last 7 years or so. I also have problems with my hands, arms, and toes falling asleep. I don't know how many times I saw the Doctor, neurologist, neurosurgeon, rhuematologist about my symptoms. I have had EMG's, EVP's. The results of those tests showed slight abnormality - mild carpal in my right arm - negative in my left. Left eye - mild optic neuritis. So I know for a fact that it does not necessarily effect both sides of the body. I also gained a great deal of abdominal weight, noticeably after I had my son. I often wondered if all of this was related to Diabetes especially with the strong genetic predispostion in my family. My past sugars were a little high, but nothing to worry about (as my doctor would say). I was probably pre-diabetic at that time. This past summer I had a physical and my Dr. called to confirm my sugar level was high. I was diagnosed with Diabetes type 2. I'm not even 40 years old. I have been told that I do have neuropthy. I was only told that recently. Well I know that has been my problem since my symptoms first manisfested. In fact they have information that pre-diabetics can experience symptoms o f peripherial neuropathy long before they are diagnosed with full onset Diabetes Mellitus Type 2. Your Podiatrist is not a Medical Doctor. My background is medical and I worked with Physicians for many years. My foot still gets that burning sensation periodically. Never my right foot. In fact most of my neuropathy is experienced on my left side I wish my Doctor would have been a little more informed a few years back about the pre-diabetic syndrome and the connection to neuropathy.

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I am having a glucose tolearnce test tomorrow. Is this a sign of neuropathy?
I think I am having blood sugar problems and have been for quite a while. I guess I will know for sure after tomorrow.

About a year ago I began having a burning pain in my foot. I asked a podiatrist could I possibly be diabetic. He said no because if it were neuropathy I would be having pain...

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Hes telling you the truth,if anything to ease your mind a GL TOL TST will tell if you are diabetic,I have had progressive polynueropothy for several years. it starts in your toes and works its way up your legs and sometimes your feet will feel like they have been frozen and are starting to thaw out,or pain like someone is pinching the bottoms of your feet.tingling is also a common symptom

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Could be the very beginning of neuropathy, but once your sugar is regulated you will see a big improvement.

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I chose the punch flavored instead of orange. It tasted like Hawaiian Punch with about a gallon of sugar in it. It didn't really taste that bad, just REALLY sweet. It gave me heartburn it was so sweet. But I didn't think it was horrible. Everyone made it out to be alot worse than it was...

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you are getting GOUT....go on line for medical info...and check out gout symptions