Foot Neuropathy

The most common symptom of having foot neuropathy or peripheral neuropathy is numbness in the feet and leg area. This simple thing could lead on to more complicated risks if left unrecognized or taken for granted.

Because of the numbness you feel, cuts and sores on your feet will usually feel less painful or wouldn’t hurt at all, and this could lead to infection. Certain sores are hidden between your toes and under your feet, therefore if they don’t hurt they would go unnoticed until probably they are worse than you think they are.

Additional symptoms for foot neuropathy include feeling lightheaded, diarrhea and constipation, and for men, failure to get an erection.

If you experience any or some of the said symptoms and you are still taking them for granted as minor setbacks, think again. It’s better if foot neuropathy, or any kind of neuropathy for that matter, to be detected early on so that proper management and cure could be done.

It may sound a bit weird to tell you to keep your feet healthy, but feet are very important, for countless reasons which are not needed to voice out because they’re very obvious. So below are some easy but very important things to keep in mind to keep your feet healthy and away from possible complications such as foot neuropathy.

•    Check your feet regularly and take note of even the slightest changes. For instance, a tiny scab that won’t heal for weeks, any sign of redness or swelling that keeps on after a few weeks or even days. Go to the doctor immediately to have it check instead of treating it on your own, especially if you’re not sure where it came from.
•    Check also your shoes, especially those which you use every day. If there’s anything torn or broken in your shoes, these could pose a problem and possibly hurt your feet. Make sure your shoes are always comfortable.
•    In buying shoes, make sure you buy in the afternoon when the feet are bigger. Absolutely don’t sacrifice comfort for style, and don’t settle for anything which hurt your feet thinking it will go away over time. It probably wouldn’t, so you don’t want t o make that risk at all.
•    New shoes always hurt our feet the first time we wear them. The trick is to wear them a few hours for the first few days after we bought them. If you experience redness in your feet, wait until they’re gone before wearing the shoes again. Wear the shoes an hour longer for each day you wear them so your feet get accustomed to them slowly.

These are just simple tips, and which you should not forget to do. Of course, there are other more serious tips for more serious cases, but here are for preventive measures.