, .sore feet

[teon]

hi since taking thyroxin I feet has got very sore on the bottoms , I am finding it very hard to walk now , has any one else has this problem , if so could you please tell me what cream I can use on them please as its is getting worse they are red and my feet burns ,

[Tatty10]

I have very painfull feet when i first get up in the morning like walking on hot coals and would also like to know what causes it i take carbimazole and simvastatin

[teon]

its the same as mine it really hurts I even get it after I have been sat down and its very painfull when I get up ,I am only taking thyroxin , I hope we find some one with the answer to our problem , thank you for answering my question teon x

[nostoneunturned]

This can be a symptom of some diseases and should be discussed with your doctor.

Or some B5 might work...

dailymail.co.uk/health/arti...

[teon]

thank you I am goin to make an appointment to see the dr abought it , but I think its to do with the thyroid as one other person . has got the same as me

[Shade1965]

is the pain over the sole of your foot or just around the heel? I am experiencing pain on the sole of my foot just around the heel and thought it was a running injury where the fatty pad is no longer thick enough to do its job?

[teon]

yes that's where my pain is like yours , it feels as there are not much padding there any more since I have this thyroid problem , its really pain full when I get up in the mornings and even when I get up from sitting in the chair , I just don't know what to put on it , have you found any cream to rub in the foot its really pain full when I put my foot to the floor x

[Karispitit]

I get this symptom and that's how I know I have not reached optimum levels yet. My feet often hurt as well as it feels like they are not strong enough to carry the rest of my body if you know what I mean.

[teon]

hi thank you for writing back to me, but I don't understand what you mean reaching optimum levels yet ,could you explain that to me , but yes I all so feel my legs are to heavy for me

[muirfoot107]

Have a look at livingwitherythromelalgia.org. I found it after hours of googling to find out why I had such sore feet (this was before I knew anything about thyroid, I didn't even know I had one to be honest).

I originally went to GP because of the sore feet issue and I took a printout from the erythromelalgia forum explaining what it was. The forum suggested that GP tested for diabetes, also checked kidney, thyroid, liver etc. my results came back as underactive thyroid. I've had 6 weeks of 25mg Levo which is not effective, had bloods tested last week so hope to be on 50mg soon. My feet are as bad as ever, I can hardly walk and even sitting still they are on fire and sore and my legs feel like I've just run a marathon.

I put tons of foot moisturiser on mine but I don't think it helps, it's more like a blood circulation issue on the inside rather than the foot skin.

Have a look at the erythromelalgia forum and see if this sounds like you. Sorry I have no solution to the sore feet, can just sympathise.

[RedApple Administrator in reply to muirfoot107]

The key to telling whether or not you have erythromelalgia is redness. If your feet are burning but do not look red, then it's not erythromelalgia.

There are causes of burning feet other than erythromelalgia, including hypothyroidism. If yours is caused by being hypo, it may well resolve once on an appropriate dose of thyroid medication. Legs feeling as if you've run a marathon is very unlikely to be erythromelalgia, and very likely to be the under treated hypothyroidism.

Useful article on causes of burning feet here:

racgp.org.au/afp/200312/200...

[teon]

thank you for that yes mine seems to be on fire all the time I am on 100mg a day , but I am going to go to my dr to see if he can give me some thing for it ,.

[pagirl46]

I live in the US and have had problems with sore feet for over 10 years. I'm also hypothyroid. The best thing I have figured out is that my sore feet are caused by an allergy or sensitivity to many things. I've found that many drugs cause sore feet and have attributed it to dyes or colors in the drugs. I've identified Yellow dye #6; blue#1 and titanium dioxide (white coloring) as problems for me. It's getting worse as I am finding more things I'm sensitive to in processed food and vitamins. As for the drugs, you might try a different thyroid drug. I am currently taking 2 50 mcg of Synthroid a day. They are white and I can tolerate them without problems. I've been going to a US web site called drugs.com and looking up the ingredients. I've found that generics don't always have the same inactive ingredients and have called drug stores to find inactive ingredients in generics. With foods I found that if I can't tolerate something like chocolate chips, I try another brand. Nestles - NO; Ghirardelli - OK. I also have a parathyroid tumor that no one can find. I had one removed 3 years ago but it didn't help any of my symptoms. Hope this gives you some ideas.

[Hidden]

Yep - mine are the same (I'm on NDT, not Levothyroxine). They usually feel as though I've just walked 20 miles on them. They are particularly sore on standing, especially first thing in the morning. They get sore and restless at rest in the evening, even when elevated. The only thing I've found that helps is paracetomol AND ibuprofen. Everything from my knees down gets super-heated in bed, feet and legs have to be outside the covers. Three visits to two separate foot specialists over about 5 years has made no appreciable difference. I've been told it's bunions, neuromas and plantaar fasciitis. Recently, as I'm walking, I can feel the pain moving from one part of my foot to another. It's bizarre. And jolly unpleasant. Sympathies.

[SmallBlueThing]

My sore feet pre-date starting on Levothyroxine about a year ago. I was putting the problem down to weight and age, but I hope there's light at the end of the tunnel, because when I'd built up to 125mcg of Levo about eight months ago I had a couple of days of being able to stand as long as I wanted, feeling warm etc. However, I'd also been started on a different antihypertensive and slight exertion and stress brought on palpitations. The Levo was cut right down and has taken twice as long (8 months) to get back to 125mcg daily, but my feet are, if anything, worse. The EMIS pages for my test results have recently been made easier to read, and I notice that my TSH is staying in the range 3.4 - 4 despite the increasing dose of Levo. I think the foot soreness (mine feel like standing on pebbles and as if the skin has been grated off) is peripheral neuropathy and I've read that T3 can help if introduced soon enough.

[Wayne39]

I'm seeing these posts and I have very sore foot on the underneath and its always only my right foot very strange?