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Originally Posted by mrsD
Yes, I agree. My feet were terrible when I was so hypothyroid.
They were mostly numb. Low thyroid causes deposition of a form of tissue in the hands and feet...it causes carpal tunnel in the hands, and I expect the same in the feet. When I finally was given thyroid hormone, my feet "woke up"...I had passed from pain to numbness by then. I had tingling and other pains for over 6mos as my feet woke up, and it was almost a year that my feet settled down finally.
Tarsal tunnel can also be constricted by swelling of the feet (many medical conditions can cause this) or inflammation which will also close off the narrow tarsal tunnel.
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I just had a thought (with all the talk about Plantar fasciitis), Alan, who has had idiopathic PN for 18 years, well A LONG TIME AGO, he had a nasty case of Plantars warts , from going to a local swimming pool (and this is when he was in his 20's he said).
Could that occurrence have caused his PN? Not one of his doctors has ever made the connection.
Not that we an do anything about this, I'm just curious.
Melody