Cold Feet

[linedancer16]

What can make your feet feel permanently cold and numb but yet also a bit tingly (even in summer)? My feet feel as though I'm wearing a pair of tight boots all the time or some times that there's a tight band across them. Occasionally its much worse at night (socks only help a bit). The doctor said it could be circulation problems and gave me some tablets which didnt work and I havent mentioned this to him since. I met someone with similar symptoms and she said it was the nerve endings in her feet! Any ideas!? Thanks.

[Sqad]

How old are you?
What, if any, is your past medical history?
What tablets are you taking?
Do you get any pain in your legs when you are walkong?

[linedancer16]

Hi Sqad! I'm 62 and the only long term problem I have is high blood pressure which has been successfully controlled for many a year by medication - I took Bendrofluazide for many years but now take Ramapril and as a precaution Simvastatin. No, I dont get pains in my legs when walking, just this strange sensation!

[Sqad]

line dancer....this sounds like peripheral neuropathy brought on by your taking of Simvastin.

No big deal at the moment, but see your GP as he may well suggest changing your statins or discontinuing them.

[linedancer16]

Thanks Sqad! Thats put my mind at ease, I was beginning to imagine all sorts of things! I will go back to my doctor and talk to him again.