Had sore feet for over a year, gait problems for the last three months, plus other symptoms. PA was finally diagnosed two weeks ago. I can hardly walk because of the pain. B12 shots haven't improved the pain much so far.
Anyone else have sore feet as a symptom? Did it improve after treatment or time?
I used to get pains in feet when walking, particularly around my periods - impact of water retention aggravating things - still there occasionally but scarcely notice it now.
B12 Deficiency can lead to weakened muscles - think it was probably a factor in my having fallen arches - about 20 years ago I experienced pain in my feet so intense that I couldn't stand on them at times - however arch supports really worked for me on that (think the B12 Deficiency was probably started at that time but didn't really start to get bad until a couple of years ago and was diagnosed in Dec 2012). It might be worth seeing if your GP will refer you to your podiatrist ... or you could try buying an arch support from the chemists. My father had similar problems but his manifested with the ball of his foot and was helped by metatarsal supports - also available from the chemist. Balls of my feet would get very sore if I walked a lot but the arch supports sorted that out.
I visited a podiatrist when I initially started having foot pains a year ago. He said I had neuromas, told me to get orthotics and metatarsal pads (like your father, pain is in balls of my feet). I did this, still had pain which got progressively worse. I had surgery late last July to remove a neuroma from my right foot. Very difficult recovery, a week after surgery my PA symptoms got bad (didn't know I had PA then, would never have had the operation).
Both my feet are so swollen and sensitive I cannot stand to wear shoes. I wear slip on Birkenstocks all the time now, they have pretty good arch support and minimal contact with the tops of my feet.
Really sorry to hear that the feet are that bad.
My B12 Deficiency was identified when I was in hospital with a broken ankle after a fall. Recovery with the ankle was difficult as well - lots of pain and numbness in the foot - all of which was probably related to the operation but nobody joined the dots with the B12 deficiency - wasn't even asked if I had any neuro symptoms - only thing I was asked about was my bowel movements 
-I still have some uneven responsiveness in my left foot but it is definitely a lot less than before I started supplementing for myself to make sure that I had the levels of B12 I really needed not what the text books say.
I also used to get a lot of fungal infections.
Hi Tracy,
Glad you have got a diagnosis now and can be on the road of recovery! It can take some time to feel the benefit of the B12 injections, we all are different so hopefully you will feel a lot better soon.
I went to chiropodist a few months ago and she said I have altered sense of feeling, some areas on my feet seem hyper sensitive whilst the rest is nearly dead say, so I think PA can cause hyper sensitivity.
I hope for you the B12 will sort it, depending on how long you have been B12 def, and how much damage that may have caused.
Look after your self now, it will help if you give your body time and rest to repair the damage done with out enough B12, eat well and perhaps take a multi vitamin to make sure you do not end up with other vitamin deficiencies.
Kind regards,
Marre.
Hi,
Have you had your vit d checked? Foot pain, plantar fasciitis is a known symptom of vit d3 deficiency. Mine goes away a few days after supplimenting with high levels of vit d3.
I hope it helps
How high of levels of Vit D3? I take 4,000 I.U. per day in divided doses.
I'm taking 25,000 a day, not all the time just when sypmtoms come back for a week or so.
20,000 really? With K2+
That was 6 years ago, I now take 5000 a day but may need to increase as winter progresses, and yes with k2 and magnesium.
I've not had sore feet but I had an unsteady gait and balance issues too. This is all neurological damage which unfortunately takes a long time to heal.
For me the gait issue comes and goes but after five years in b12 injection and a balance of folic acid and vit b6, I feel pretty normal all the time.
Once you start b12 you may also notice new symptoms - I.e. The b12 is not working or even making matters worse. But please hang in there. I recommend you keep a diary of your symptoms - treat injection day as day zero and monitor each period between injections. You will see slow improvements each time - this is a way to handle the uncertainty that anything is working.
As your nerves heal, the signal to the brain gets stronger I.e. Pain. this may be strongest right after the injection.
Pvanderaa, I have found your post most informative. Thought my b12 injections not working as symptoms seems to increase after injection as you mentioned. Thanks, you've put my mind at ease!
Am taking biocare. B complex. It has 400ug folic acid
I have had problems with both feet and hands from about 6 months into B12 3 monthly injections. Eventually, when I found the problem went away after the injection then returned after 1 month I experimented with an injection when the soreness, tingling and burning sensation returned along with electric shocks in feet and hands. This sorted the problem but only for a couple of weeks. I then went to weekly injections and although I find walking in bare feet painful I can walk for miles in a good pair of shoes and especially Nike Air trainers. Now after early a year of this the injection period is extending up to 2 weeks. I am hoping it will extend further, such as back to 3 months, but no holding my breath.
Some year ago I had great difficulty in walking as my feet were very tender, even in shoes. This was then coupled with an attack of gout. It was all sorted when I ditched the Amlodipine tablets I was on for high blood pressure. Several friends were in exactly the same state and had the same results.
This is an old thread I started but now I finally know what has been wrong with me for many years (a decade in fact). Two years ago my symptoms got really severe, with something called POTS where I could barely stand without passing out due to low blood pressure. My feet hurt so bad it was like walking on glass. Couldn't sleep, had tremors, terrible anxiety. Low B12 and D. Tooth problems. And many many more symptoms.
Turned out it was Lyme disease. I diagnosed it with the help of a couple of friends. My doctors were no help, and I had been to Mayo and Stanford, supposedly centers of medical excellence . Doctors here in the US are so clueless about Lyme and the CDC keeps feeding them bull crap about how easy it is to diagnose and treat. Couldn't be farther from the truth. Anyway I saw a Lyme literate doctor who ran better tests (the ELISA test that traditional doctors use has a poor track record, catches only 15% of the cases and rarely detects chronic Lyme). I've been getting antibiotic treatment for 14 months so far and am slowly improving. My feet are still a mess but not nearly as painful to walk on. Finally getting my life back.
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