I am a healthy 60 year old mail never having anything more than the cold or flu my entire life. Over the past eighteen months or so I have been awakened at night with sharp stabbing pains almost always in the top of my feet. I would get up and walk around the house or try different positions and ele vations for my feet and usually the pain would go away after a couple of hours. Sometimes the bottom of my feet feel numb and leathery. This does not happen every night but when it does happen it usually continues for a few nights in a row. there has not been diabetes in my family for a generation and the rest of my family is fairly healthy except for a brother who has many ailments stemming from a heart attack. MY Dad suffered from congestive heart failure until his death.My Mom suffered a heart attack at age 70 and passed away at 75 from lymphoma. All the research I have uncovered seems to give vague diagnosis pointing to some form of diabetes but I don t seem to connect with a majority of the symptoms.Any idfeas?
You are most probably suffering from peripheral senile neuropathy, may be associated with diabetes. I would like to examine & investigate you in detail before giving a definite opinion.