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Originally Posted by Susanne C.
I woke up last night with severe burning in my left hand. It felt like it was on fire. I have CMT, with fairly advanced disease process, but I never felt anything quite like this before. I really should wait to post until it happens again, maybe it won't, but I was curious. We talk a lot about burning feet but has anyone had it acutely affect their hands? I have other hand symptoms, clawing, formication (the ants crawling thing), weakness, numbness, but not burning until now.
Thank you
Susanne
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Hi Susanne, Because CMT causes damage to sensory nerves fibers (axons) there can be burning sensations in the hands and the feet. Usually causes only mild sensations but sometimes causing pain.