[EmptyNest68]

It's very annoying. I feel like my big toe, at the base where it meets my foot, has a thorn stuck deep into it! I look, there's nothing there. No redness, no swelling, nothing hanging, no pain when it moves, nothing moving around; I ahve moved it, scratched it, pumiced it, pinched it and still the pain is there. I have had it before and just tried to ignore until it's gone but since yesterday, it's very irritating to me. Coincidentally, my right hand-specifically my thumb (at the base, where it meets my hand) & palm (right under my forefinger) has a consistent pain in it, and my left pinkie feels like there's a thorn in it as well.
Does this sound like pain related to parkinsons?

[Judith]

Originally Posted by EmptyNest68

Does this sound like pain related to parkinsons?

The hand and palm pain sound like what my husband is dealing with and he's not the PWP in the family. He has painful neuromas (benign tumors/growths of nerve tissue) at the base of both thumbs. Neuromas occur in feet as well as hands. Not all neurologists are well informed about them. My PD doctor, a movement disorder specialist, was the one who diagnosed them. A Google search will yield a lot of information, along with tips on how to manage neuromas.

Here's a site with tips on managing foot neuromas:
http://www.mothernature.com/Library/...ooks/18/96.cfm

J

[EmptyNest68]

Interesting.....yesterday I took a 30 min bath w/2 cups epsom salts, a couple drips of peppermint & "indulgent" essential oils....and while I still have the cramping in my extremities, the painful, strange poking sensations are gone.