For at least ten years I, a 69-year-old woman, have suffered from feet that are very hot or very cold. The doctor assured me that this little dead feeling will not go beyond the feet. After a test, the small nerves were found to be dead, but the cause was not found. Is that strange?
Joris Bartstra, journalist with medical diploma
In practice, the most common occurrence is neuropathy (because that is what it is) without a cause being found. The nerves that run furthest from your spinal cord, and are supplied with blood by the vessels that have to travel the longest distance from your heart, the ones in your feet, are the first to be damaged.
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Nerve tissue is also more likely to be damaged as you get older. Nerves do complicated work and are sensitive to all kinds of disturbances such as limited blood supply. And then fluid accumulation and varicose veins can also play a role, and a too high glucose in the blood. Has your vitamin B12 been tested? If that is too low, you can take a vitamin B complex.
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