Numb toes?? health care professionals please help?

Question

My toe next to pinky is numb on both feet.
I started noticing it about a year ago.
My blood sugar is good but I do have diebetics in the family. It's not painful but sometimes at night I feel like I have restless feet syndrom.
What going on with my numb toes?

Answer 1

Toes go numb from reduced blood circulation or from nerve damage. If your toes go numb only during sustained walking, then first try to rule out the most obvious cause - your shoes are too tight or too short and that is restricting the circulation and making the toes go numb. Even if you think your shoes are big enough, your foot may be sliding forward in them with each step to cause this problem.


Are Your Shoes Too Tight?
Your feet swell during sustained walking, as much as a full shoe size. Your walking shoes should be a size larger than your dress shoes, or even more. Your shoes also need a wide enough toe box to allow your foot to swell for width as well as length. If either the length of the shoe or the width is too small or too narrow, you may be cutting off blood flow to your toes or impinging on nerves.

Lacing Your Shoes
Give your toes enough room in the toe box by lacing them so that the lacings at the toe end are loose to allow for expansion.

Use various lacing techniques so that you can tighten the fit at the ankle without tightening it at the toe. You want a tight lacing at the ankle so your foot stays in the heel of the shoe and doesn't slide forward with each step, cutting off toe circulation and traumatizing your toes. You can do this using a lace lock lacing trick, or by using two sets of laces per shoe - one for the toe end, one for the ankle end.

Your Stride

Many walkers curl their toes under when they walk, which not only traumatizes the toes, but also doesn't let your foot flatten out as you roll through a step. Others have an tense "toes up" position. Pay attention to what you are doing with your toes and try to relax them and let them flatten out with each step rather than holding them up or curling them under. Your foot should roll through the step, heel striking first, roll through, push off with the toes.


Medical Conditions Causing Numb Toes
Numb toes can be an important symptom even if it clears up with changes to your shoes and lacing. Discuss this with your doctor at your next check-up even if it goes away. If your toe numbness continues after making changes to your shoe fit and lacing, make an appointment for a check-up and discuss this with your doctor.

Diabetic Neuropathy: If you have diabetes, discuss toe numbness with your doctor immediately.

Peripheral Neuropathy: Many conditions can lead to peripheral neuropathy and toe numbness.


Because of the genetics, just be aware that you might have diabetic neuropathy.


Causes of Numbness Toes

Degenerative Disc Disease & Sciatica
Frostbite
Multiple Sclerosis
Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Raynaud's Phenomenon
Sciatica
Vasculitis

Other Causes of Numbness Toes

Foot Compression (Tight Shoes, Casts, etc.)
Foot Trauma Injury
Neuroma
Peroneal Nerve Irritation
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome


Examples of Medications for Numbness Toes

amitriptyline. Elavil, Endep
gabapentin, Neurontin
nortriptyline, Pamelor, Aventyl

Answer 2

Numbness In Fourth Toe

Answer 3

Just bad circulation. Make sure you keep checking your status on the diabetes.

Answer 4

could be neuropathy, diabetics are extremely susceptible to this......but yah, its numbness and can feel like pins and needles....