Numbness in feet, legs below knees. Stapylococcus aureus.

[aspergerian13]

Numbness in feet, legs below knees. Stapylococcus aureus.

I had developed a foot infection (toes, soles) -- probably Staphylococcus aureus. The bacterium is commensal and was likely to have been potentiated by dehydration.

My 4 am showers usually include the aide drying my toes with hair dryer. Dr. Y approved.

For several weeks I had been thinking that the dryer wasn't very strong but was providing a breeze.

Today, the aide briefly pointed the dryer upwards. My upper legs and tummy felt warmth, a lot of warmth.

Tentative conclusion: a peripheral neuropathy is progressing.

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See:

Numbness in legs and feet: Causes, symptoms, and treatment. Mnt.

medicalnewstoday.com/articl...

[faridaro]

Interesting article! Just want to mention that I started experiencing peripheral neuropathy in 2013 and now looking back realize that it was probably one of the first symptoms of PD. Recently I've noticed that numbness has been creeping up my lower legs and thought it was progression of PD however the article doesn't mention PD among the causes and makes me wonder what else I may have?

[aspergerian13 in reply to faridaro]

See:

Is It Fibromyalgia? Diabetes? Other? Causes of Numbness in the Legs and Feet. HL.

healthline.com/health/fibro...

[Ramondo in reply to faridaro]

I have had a steady progression of PN for the last ten years, both legs are semi numb to the knees and very weak, I now shuffle with a walker,

[PalmSprings]

Peripheral Neuropathy one of the most disturbing symptoms that I have suffered from. I take gabapentin for these symptoms.

[aspergerian13 in reply to PalmSprings]

I wonder how many among us have insulin resistance as an etiologically significant factor?

[chartist in reply to aspergerian13]

Looks like it may be fairly common in PD :

pacificneuroscienceinstitut...

Art

[aspergerian in reply to chartist]

See also:

Dementia is associated with Insulin Resistance in patients with Parkinson's Disease.

[See abstract!]

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/222...

[aspergerian in reply to aspergerian]

Background: Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder involving the basal ganglia. Type-2 Diabetes

Mellitus is an important risk factor for Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia. However, the association

between Parkinson's disease and Diabetes Mellitus is controversial.

Objective:

To investigate glucose metabolism abnormalities in 110 Parkinson's disease patients with and

without dementia.

Subjects and Methods: We evaluated Insulin Resistance, glucose and insulin levels after a 2-h-oral-glucose-

tolerance-test in 53 Parkinson's disease with dementia and 57 with Parkinson's disease without dementia,

with normal fasting glucose.

Results: BMI, waist circumference, fasting glucose and insulin values, HbA1c, triglycerides, blood lipid profile,

depression rating, educational levels, levodopa-dosage and antipsychotic use were similar in both groups.

Disease duration and motor impairment were higher in patients with Parkinson's disease and dementia

group.

After 2-h-oral-glucose-tolerance-test, the prevalence of glucose metabolism abnormalities was signif-

icantly higher in group with Parkinson's disease and dementia group (p= 0.03).

The insulin resistance was

present in 62% patients with Parkinson's disease with dementia, of whom 30% had also impaired glucose tol-

erance, 5,6% newly diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus and 26% only Insulin Resistance.

These percentages were sig-

nificantly higher in group with Parkinson's disease and dementia, also after adjustment for disease duration

and motor disability.

Conclusions: Our study suggests that PD patients with dementia are two times more likely to have insulin

resistance than patients with PD

[chartist in reply to aspergerian]

Melatonin is good for PD as already discussed in the melatonin/PD post and is also good for dementia and AD. Melatonin is also useful for diabetes and PN.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/220...

Art

[aspergerian13 in reply to chartist]

Thanks for the link!

[aspergerian13 in reply to aspergerian13]

See:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

[chartist]

Lumbar spinal stenosis can be a cause also and spinal stenosis is common in PD. The icing that they discussed can help to narrow things down a bit. If icing the lower back 3 times a day for 3 days improves the situation, it gives you a clue where to start looking.

If a similar situation occurs in the hands and arms it can be cervical stenosis and once again icing the upper part of the spine and neck can give a clue of what to look for.

The common supplements for PN are acetyl l carnitine with alpha lipoic acid along with a quality fish oil to reduce inflammation, B- multi, curcumin, NAC as a potent antioxidant and possibly melatonin.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/220...

Art

[Jmwg45]

Well that just put me off my second chocolate bar