Foot drop

[Rush2112]

Can b12 cause foot drop I have taken the bull by the horns and made appointment to see my doctor today as I can't wait the next 3 months till I see endo for some time now I have been able to bend my toes on left foot at night both hands and feet are red hot and stops me sleeping

And as you will se from my previous post I had a very embarrassing episode last week my doctor is not very up on things took her 6 months to diagnose my hyper

So would like to go armed with some facts

Thanks

[Hidden]

Gosh I do not know what foot drop is, but hot burning feet at night is a symptoms of neuropathy, possibly caused by not enough B12. Make sure you are not deficient in folate and or iron def can help. I found using body lotion good, and sticking feet out side the bed for a bit. Also using a scrub on feet, sort of give them a reason to burn. But burning feet sensation is a neurological symptom so definitely mention that one to GP.

Perhaps read and give copy of this to GP for info, see:

bcshguidelines.com/document...

"Maintenance treatment for patients presenting without neurological deficit is with hydroxocobalamin 1000 g i.m. every three months. Those with initial neurological deficit should receive hydroxocobalamin 1000 g i.m. every two months."

And:

emedicine.medscape.com/arti...

[Rush2112 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks marre I think it's foot drop I have been googling basically my toes won't move any more on left foot I'm not feeling that postive gp will take me seriously

[Gambit62 Administrator in reply to Rush2112]

Strictly speaking foot drop is a condition where the foot drops prematurely when you are stepping, making you liable to trips and falls.

And yes, B12D can cause foot drop

[Rush2112 in reply to Gambit62]

Hi thanks for your reply I have been to Dr now and have been refered to a neurolgist

As I have not got abnormal reflexes in my feet the blood form she has given me is retesting my tsh

so hopefully we will get to bottom of it

[Gambit62 Administrator in reply to Rush2112]

I don't get burning in my feet but I do have problems with my left foot - just feels like there is a lump of meat there not a foot but that gets a lot better if I use methyl cobalamin

Hope that you manage to get your problem sorted out.

[Coastwalker in reply to Gambit62]

Hi Gambit62, someone on another site today has mentioned 'foot drop' and I told them that I recalled it was connected to B12 Def.

Also I told a friend of mine a year ago that I had read the two were connected. I Googled B12D and footdrop today and came across you confirming this, (2 yrs later,) can I ask if you have any links to this please so I can help my friend ?

Coastwalker.

[Gambit62 Administrator in reply to Coastwalker]

haven't managed to find anything specific but this article mentions peripheral neuropathy as a cause and as peripheral neuropathy is a symptom of B12 deficiency (and other conditions) ...

nhs.uk/conditions/foot-drop...

[Coastwalker in reply to Gambit62]

Thank you Gambit62, very helpful.

Coastwalker

[Susanemily]

Yes, I have experienced foot drop with torso and leg weakness and muscle atrophy on left side along with most b12 deficiency symptoms. I don't methylate b12 and folic acid so it causes a deficiency even those my serum level are very high normal.

Warmly,

Susan

[Goddess110]

Hi there I have had foot drop since 2015 and I also believe I have a vitamin b12 deficiency.

[Cherylclaire Forum Support]

I only got foot drop once - when I had already been treated for B12 deficiency for years.

It was last year at about this time, very hot outside, and I was trying to make some raised vegetable beds. Kept misjudging the height of the frame as I was making it, so as I stepped over it I tripped, grazed my leg and felt nothing at all."Funny -why can't I judge how far to lift my leg ?" I thought, a bit annoyed.

Then tripped over the back doorstep. It's been the same height for 40+ years.

That's when I realised that it wasn't lack of judgement - it was me expecting my foot to clear the doorstep without having to flip it up like a clown's foot !

The numb leg took an age to heal, looked like a small bullet hole, and healed with thickened scar tissue.

Why all this happened, I can only put down to hard physical work in hot weather over a stretch of time having depleted my B12.

Definitely a B12 deficiency symptom.

[Rush2112]

It’s quite funny this came up on my feed I posted 5 years ago and was diagnosed with nerve damage but it just got worse over years last week I had a mri scan and my hip needs replacing and I have squashed nerves in hip so it’s obviously been that all along dr only seem to be able to diagnose in the field there in over years have seen rheumatologist said ir was fibromyalgia even though only leg pain neurologist said peripheral neuropathy was until leg stop working completely they did mri