I don't have a lot of pain but feet feel like I have tight gloves on.
My main problem is numbness and the resulting loss of balance.
I fell going to the manacurist. Parked close to the curb, hoisted myself up
the curb using the hood of my car. When I straightened up I careened
into the window and fell. Para-medics were called. Thank goodness I
did'nt break anything. Does anyone know of any treatment for numb feet?
I will appreciate any help with this numbness and loss of balance.

Do you have neuropathy? Have you been tested by a neurologist who specializes
in Peripheral Neuropathy, & neuropathies in general?
Treatment for your problem is conditional on the cause or the Dx (diagnosis).
Balance problems can be neuropathic or inner ear.
If neuropathic, many times OT/PT helps.

Hi. We need more information to get you the best response. Have you ever been diagnosed with an auto-immune disorder. Ever had mri's spinal taps, special blood tests, ANYTHING??

Then others will chime in and you'll get lots of good info.

JRC - hi - Nide is right - I'd see a neuro if possible right away - if there is numbness in your feet - even without pain - it could be neruopathy.... at this point primarily sensory which doesnt cause much pain at first anyway - but loss of balance and just a constant annoying numb feeling (mine started out like this - numb hands and feet and falling over) - and then progressed from there - a neurologist was able to do nerve conduction studies and immediately could see damage to the nerves that explained the symtoms.....

Be careful - falling is not a good thing...

Yes, I have been diagnosed has having PN. I have seen a Neurologist at
UT Southwestern. I am actually pre-diabetic but I developed neuropathy.
Do you think there is no treatment for numbness?

I have numbness of my feet, without pain, but with discomfort. I took a Tai Chi class which helped me considerably with my balance.

I will assume with a fall like that they did a brain MRI, or CT, just in the rare event it was a TIA? TIAs can manifest as numbness. Lots of things can manifest as numbness, and if numbess caused that bad of a fall, you need a good work up, several disciplines.

PN does cause numbess, but so do other things. Get a good 'going over', and soon.

last year and got a sleep-deprived kind of test at the neuros. Goodness knows I'd have MRI's and nerve conductions out the ears...but in my case, I just keeled over in the house.
I believe they were checking for seizure potentials [I'd avoided all sleep tests prior to this, but had gotten almost all other tests]. OF course nothing came up.
It's a good thing that the emt's took a look at you tho. To check for TIA's and other possible cardiac wrinkles. [Went thru that myself too]

The only thing I've found that helps with the numbness is physical therapy. Various exercises help the rest of whatever nerves you have left, and your muscles re-program themselves to work with what there is left. Also helps you build up what strength you can to avoid falls in the future. It's not something you stop.....you have to keep at it.
IF you ask your docs [hopefully neuro?] for PT to help with the balance, I bet the doc will do a kind of "OH? I forgot about that!" And then write you PT orders...just be sure to ask for a 'home program'! That means the therapists give you exercises and some tools so you can do them at home, and keep it up after the therapy sessions end. Otherwise you do stuff at the PT's and no help for things to do on your own.
As one who has had many falls since getting PN, some very serious, I do NOT recommend that! PT and keeping at exercising in any ways possible to keep you moving is far better than the alternatives! - j

and moving in general....

Also, as others mentioned - PT can help with balance to a degree - I really think it depends on how severely your nerves are damaged for one thing.... how tired you are on any given day - is there a PN flare going on etc.... with no sensory nerve signals going to your brain from your feet and ankles to your brain (I'm in this situation, feels like the floor is always moving under you but not in a way you can get a rythm like on a boat) you only have to keep your balance with two other sytstems - your ears and your eyes... I know thru ENt testing while my hearing is great - the nerves that control my balance in that area are damaged too... so its up to my eyes - and even then I often get NO notice when I'm going down.... moving your head suddenly can do it - shifting your weight - and again, the more your PN is acting up - the more vigilant you have to be that day... (I think all of us with PN have had some falls - and the results can be very dangerous, expensive, and long reaching)... use assistive devices if need be (cane, waker, wheelchair if necessary)...

As I mentioned before - I just had numbeness in my hands and feet at first - no pain - but started losing my sense of propecication (where my body was in space) and balance (I would fall over for no reason - long before the disease really hit hard.... ) I wish my docs had taken it more seriously in the beginning or I had found this group back then!

hi i'm sue,
i fell down the stairs about 6 this morning,just about the time my home heath care nurse came..i have diabetes 2, poly neuropathymy feet years ago
were the first proplem,when you can't feel you feet it's easy to trip or sttumble without feeling..as much as it hurt be glad you had something to catch you.
i'm have a picc in my arm and am reciveing 3 hrs. of antibotics and 3 hrs. at night. i was on my walker you put your hands through on my way to living room and must of been alseep and didn't step right, and down the steps.
lucky my friend bob who lives down stairs heard me..well i got home a hour or so ago.
did you say you had a neuro,what tests,what meds anything new, or have you have ear infection,ect.that could make you dizzy and fall..i fall more then one should without breaking my teeth.3 weeks ago i broke 3 teeth,i better know as sue you didn't fall. again. my mom had a bad ear problem as well
pn..sorry have a cast on left hand back to no capitals..i bet you were scared
as well as very sore...well i am tired ,will try to help later..take care sue.