Hi all,
I am new here and have a question that has probably been answered many times but here goes. Has anyone been able to stop the burning in the feet by lowering their body temp.?

Aha, I can't answer this one, but I know something about body temperature. The average body temperature is 98.6 degrees right? Well, if someone found a way to lower it by just 3 degrees, a human could live a much much longer life span. I read that in a science book.

What do we have to do, sit in a bathtub filled with ice cubes????


I do hope you find the answer hon. My feet started to burn last week, That's why I'm on the methyl b-12.

Best of luck,

Melody

Are you sure body temp and burning feet always go hand in hand? I have burning/tingling feet but then my feet go cold. My body temp is normal or a little under. The foot and ankle doc I see told me when we thought or may still be tarsal tunnel but have you been to a foot doc. I go back on Tues for possible shoe orthotics. Also while I was in the office and I don't know if in your case but many people with diabetes have that issue. Now I'm so confused and new to this though seems forever but basically 3 months so just throwing out some things I have picked up a long the way. Its a bad feeling though I know that.

well I don't know if i am actually lowering my body temp. but if i turn down the heat at night and stay uncovered until i am just about to shiver my feet quit burning and hurting then if i cover up more than a sheet i start to burn and hurt again, shivering is not fun.. and i don't think i can sweat any more but don't know of a test. just though maybe someone else has experienced similar.

I've never heard of the body temp. It's awfull ,hope it doesn't get worse.
I wish we could put this burning and cold in a test tube,we would be
all feeling better and be very rich. Good luck,i'm just cranky because i
never thought of that.Hmmm if it turns out to be,i'm your new best
friend. Sue

I'm sorry i do know it's awfull,it's just been a lot of years for me.
Have you had a thyroid or a test for diabetes,have you asked your
question to your family Dr. The problem with PN,if that's what you have
is there something like 200 kinds..
Please will you keep posting,there so many kind and good people at
neuroTalk. This is a slow day,but you never know you may get many
answers very soon.. Many Blessings Sue

The temperature has a lot to do with how your burning feels, but the nerves react to what the temperature is on the outside of your body, i use to feel the burning especially when the daily tempature got over 25 C's, were ever the temp rises or falls ,it will affect your small nerves because the small nerve's job is to feel pain, heat, cold, vibration, when they are damaged they send confused signals to the brain, this is why we get those awful unwanted feelings because they are not sending normal signals.

If i am overwarm the burning drive's me crazy, but just above shevering i sleep just fine. no burning ect. It is my feet leg's and out side of my left arm also the left side of my face. I been to 5 neuro's with all different answers one dx me w/diabetes then about 5 gp.s said don't think so and 1 not so. where can one get a skin test. anyone know. would like to try that. thank you all for listen to my whyining.

I just read your post,and you beat me here..I told you someone would help.
Once again good luck,come back.. Sue

Winge as much as your like, no one here is going to mind, most of us have been through similar circumstances.
Its your damaged small fibre nerves that are making you feel like this, they can do a skin or nerve biopsy to check out damage but it won't tell them what is causing it.
I must sound like a broken record but you must find a neuro that is a PN specialist, a lot of neuro's will give you the basic tests and thats as far as you will get, if nothing is found you will get the label of idiopathic Neuropathy and just be given drugs to TRY kill the pain and told to go home and they will say there is nothing we can do for you, there is over 200 known reasons for PN an good neuro that is a PN specialist will keep on testing until they hopefully find the cause.

Any wonder patients get frustrated with medical dills that can't even work out if someone is diabetic or not, a normal gp should be able to diagnose diabetes with no problems at all, a 3 -5 hour Glucose tolerance test would sort out if your prediabetic or not.

I suggest that you go to Liza Janes website http://www.lizajane.org/ download the charts to Excell, then get copies of all your tests you have had so far, fill them in the charts, post them onto the forum for the experts to look them over.
Even if you just copy of all tests you have had so far and post them on the forum , this might be a good starting point at least.
good luck
Brian