This is a strange one. Over the last few days I have developed very itchy, tingly feet. I have tried the cream from pharmacist, am taking antihistamines am bathing feet in bicarbonate soda but they are still itching/tingling. I am on the verge of damaging skin on feet with scratching. I phoned the gp and a nurse did a phone diagnosis 🙄. Which I don't agree with as it doesn't fit the profile. She did agree to take bloods to check thyroid and folate. Is this something anyone has had? I know not everything is thyroid related but I really really want it to stop! My feet have been burning at night for a long time but this is different. Sometimes it feels like something is trickling just ander the skin. I have no rash apart from now where I have scratched. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I need a decent night's sleep and my husband might divorce his itchy scratchy wife!!!!
Thank you in advance.
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Unfortunately, there are a lot of things that can cause the itching that's suddenly overtaken you. Many medical conditions are marked by tormenting itchiness.
I buy mine online, ebay usually as the stuff in chemists is overpriced, I generally pay about a pound a kilo as I put a kilo in the bath for detox regularly
The burning is I think peripheral neuropathy- for me this gig better when I hit my T3 higher in range. I get very itchy feet and the only solution is Vaseline intensive care cream - the ones in the white bottle best.
Hi JAmandaThank you. That is my worry too but I don't think I can live with my itchy feet forever. How long did it take to settle for you My? My friend gave me some ibuprofen gel last night and that helped. My t4 and t3 were really good at last test. June I think it was and I felt quite good by the time I'd finished the folate! I've been wracking my brains trying to think if I've had an allergy to something new but I just can't think.
Hi folksThanks for replying. I take vitamin d spray as directed here and just finished a course of folate prescribed by gp.
Slow dragon I did try gluten free but I didn't see any benefit. I tried to get gp to do test for celiac and she told me it's too hard to diagnose and to follow a low fodmap diet! That was a couple of months ago. I have b vitamins on their way to me. Thorne basic b. Everything is just getting me down and I'm sick of being fobbed off by Dr and as for being diagnosed over the phone by a nurse who barely asked any questions. I was feeling good for a while so this is just really annoying! Sorry for the moaning and thank you to everyone for reading it even if you don't reply, it's still appreciated.
Another (unlikely) possibility could be a fungal infection. But you'd need a proper diagnosis for that. You can easily buy treatments for athletes foot at the chemist.
I found this article with lots of suggestions - but no doubt you've already found it too :
If you are low in vitamin B12, and your folate test shows you are low in this too, then taking folate supplements could disguise your low vitamin B12. The reverse is true too i.e. low folate could be disguised by taking vitamin B12 supplements.
Being low in folate OR vitamin B12 may increase the size of red blood cells, and this shows up in someone having a high result for Mean Cell Volume (MCV) in a Full Blood Count. If only one of these deficiencies is treated with a supplement MCV may reduce, making the person checking the results think both folate and B12 are fine.
The way round this issue is to test BOTH folate and B12 directly, and not rely on just a Full Blood Count.
Thank you humanbean. Your knowledge is much appreciated. I don't know how you keep it all in your head! I did think of fungal infection too but there's nothing on my skin to indicate that. I think I'll have to do the private testing again to see where I'm at. My hope is that I'm over medicated and I should get an indication from gp on monday. They don't test t3 but my conversion is pretty good so if I'm high in t4 the same will be for t3 i reckon! I don't really have any other symptoms of over medication but you never know. I really just want to get the itchy feet under control. It's terrible. Next plan will be to private test vitamins.
I just wish the health service was more holistic and joined the dots instead of treating in isolation and diagnosing over the phone!! Everyone on here is more helpful than my doctors.
Hello,I have the burning in my soles as well. It started when my NDT, Naturethroid, was unavailable and I had to take NP thyroid. Now I have nerve pain in my hands and wrists and extreme fatigue. My dr is now giving me Armour, I’m hoping that will help. To answer your question, I think it’s undertreated hypo. The switch to NP thyroid made all my hypo symptoms return for some reason. They all use different fillers, so maybe that has something to do with it. My doctor said that if you’re on NDT, your labs will be off.
When people post about the feeling of burning, especially of feet, I quite often post this link.
It is getting on a bit but nonetheless it does give an overview of the causes of burning feet. And I have not seen a more recent article which I could use instead.
Helvella Thank you for that article. It was very interesting. The advice given in treatment does work but it's short term. I have kept the article so when or if I ever get to see a gp I will show them. I did go to a podiatrist about 3 weeks ago and he said nothing about my burning feet and just disregarded it really. I got insoles and then the tingling itchy thing started. I'm worried if I can't get a foot doctor to take it seriously then I have zero chance with gp. I'm going to get blood results on Monday and then look to bring forward private tests. Its intolerable to live with. I really hope it settles down.
Thanks for that useful article. I had found webmd.com/diabetes/burning-... which mentions small fibre neuropathy (which I have) but doesn't mention riboflavin or the wider range of B vits. Some seem to say that riboflavin deficiency is more common in those with methylation issues and may have wide ranging effects academic.oup.com/ajcn/artic...
A couple of months ago was the most recent one. I was low but started supplementing. I'm going to test again. I'll see what my bloods say on Monday. I just hope it stops when I figure out what it is!!
Thanks for this. It does all seem to be pointing to that. Hopefully I'll get it sorted.
I don’t have thyroid issues but I have had maddeningly itchy feet. Worst of it was that if you started to scratch it just made things even more itchy. It went on for years (always worse in the winter but I could get it in the summer as well) and it got to the point where I had a bucket of cool water by the side of the bed so I could just dunk one or other of my feet in it to cool them down if things got too bad during the night.
I did eventually find a solution. We’re now fairly certain the problem was being caused by a circulation issue - possibly Reynauds. I happen to have a mild form of Hypermobility spectrum Disorder and Reynauds is not uncommon with that. In my case the problem (put simply) was being caused by changes of temperature which the circulation in my feet had difficulty adjusting to. The answer was to try to keep my feet at an even temperature. In winter this is particularly difficult as it often involves wearing more than one pair of socks and fluffy slipper boots on top - but it has worked. My feet have been so much better since.
Hi, I feel so sorry that you had to suffer for years. That's awful! I can't imagine being able to tolerate it for years. I'm glad you are sorted now. I also have hypermobile joints. My feet funnily enough are the worst. Thank you for getting back to me.
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