In the United States alone 25.8 million children and adults have diabetes. About 25 percent of those with diabetes have pain and numbness from nerve damage which can be disruptive to living a normal ...

Possible causes of nerve pain in the foot include Morton’s neuroma, tarsal tunnel syndrome, sciatica, and diabetic neuropathy. Rest, painkillers, and physical therapy may reduce symptoms, but further ...

Your hands and feet contain thousands of delicate nerve fibers that carry crucial messages between your brain and the rest of your body. When these nerves become damaged, they often send warning ...

Feet get shoved into shoes, pounded into the pavement and sometimes neglected, but they can hold the key to pain relief for some patients. The nerve endings in the feet are linked to internal organs ...

Persons with nerve problems often experience numbness, burning, tingling (a feeling of pins and needles), cramping or shooting pain in their feet or toes. Dr. Michael Nirenberg, a podiatrist in Crown ...

Mercy Family Health in DuBois, PA, now offers StemWave acoustic wave therapy for plantar fasciitis and foot neuropathy. The ...

Dr. Peter H. Gott is a retired physician and the author of several books, including “Live Longer, Live Better,” “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Diet” and “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Cookbook,” which ...

Numbness in your feet is a symptom of diabetic neuropathy — a common complication of type 2 diabetes. It occurs when nerves in your body become damaged by high blood sugar levels. About half of people ...

A painful burning sensation in your feet — which you may hear referred to as burning feet syndrome or Grierson-Gopalan syndrome — may be caused by many different medical conditions. One of the most ...

How concerned should you really be about a burning sensation in your feet? The answer lies in its underlying cause. A burning sensation usually feels like a painful, hot, or tingling discomfort, often ...

Guillain-Barré syndrome, which sees the immune system go haywire and start to attack nerve cells, was added by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Most people who suffer ...