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is this neuropathy?
a burning sensation in my left calf that ultimately burns into my left foot so that I cannot wear any sock on that foot or cover it up with a blanket. I am begining to believe that it could be medicine caused, but I have a seizure disorder, so I am not sure why I have it. I fell on my left knee six months ago, and the neuropathy started a couple of months ago. My cortisone shot in my knee was in February. Looking to see a neurologist about this soon, but has anyone gone through this?
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certainly sounds like neuropathy, and you are doing the right thing in consulting a neurologist.
From memory, some anti seizure meds can cause neuropathy, but I can't remember which. I have had epilepsy all my life. hth raglet |
And, if you fell on that knee--
--you may well be experiencing a compressive neuropathy--bone or ligament has shifted in position and impacted the nerves in that area.
The knee is a well-known site for entrapment neuropathies; the branch of the sciatic nerve that eventually forms the peroneal nerve that goes down the calf bends around the knee at a very oblique angle in many people, and it doesn't take much to impact it or trap it. Take a look at: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1234809-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1141734-overview |
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