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Can diabetic nueropathy affect individual fingers and toes but not others?
I am worried about having diabetes. For months I have been having pain in some of my fingertips and toes. The pain is not constant but very frequent. I have also been having pain in my tailbone with IBS symptoms. Does anyone know if diabetic nueropathy can be like this and if nueropathy can be the first symptom of diabetes?
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#2 written by Gary B 2 years ago
Yep. But “pain” in the toes is not a good reliable symptom. neuropathy is usually one of the LAST symptoms to appear.
The ONLY way you can tell if you haev diabets or nt is by blood tests taken by a doctro.
Go to your doctro and ASK to be tested Diabtes, Spedifically, ASK the doctor to perform an A1C test, and discuss the results with you.
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Nerve entrapment is by far the most common cause of isolated neuropathies, but its not very common to similar nerve entrapments in all four limbs. Diabetes is one possibility, but the symptoms also occur with kidney disorders, vitamin deficiencies, certain endocrine disorders, vascular problems, and a variety of neurological conditions. The docs would need to start with a very complete physical exam, urinalysis, and panel of blood tests to even begin to guess what’s going on.