People face burning sensation in feet and toes due to nerve damage in legs. This condition of nerve damage in legs and hands is also called as neuropathy. Though burning sensation in legs is caused due to several health conditions, one of the most common causes is diabetes. Most of the treatments for burning in feet focus on reducing the pain and also on eliminating further nerve damage.
Causes of burning pain in feet and toes
Burning pain in feet is mostly caused due to neuropathy. The damaged nerve fibers becomes overactive and send false pain signals to brain even when there is no wound. In most cases of neuropathy, nerves in legs get damaged and people face symptoms like tingling and numbness in the feet also. People with neuropathy complain about the pain in feet which may vary from mild to severe and also about their feet becoming highly sensitive to touch i.e. hyperesthesia.
Neuropathy in legs is commonly caused due to diabetes and alcohol consumption. Along with the above, several other factors also leads to neuropathy in legs like
- Uremia (Chronic kidney disorders)
- Small fibre neuropathy (SFN)
- Avitaminosis (vitamin deficiency)
- Alcohol dependence
- Hypothyroidism (low level of thyroid hormones)
- Lyme disease
- HIV
- Erythromelalgia (EM)
- Amyloid polyneuropathy
- Side effects due to certain prescriptions
- Inflammation of vessels (vasculitis)
- Sarcoidosis
- GBS (guillain- barre syndrome)
- CIDP
Apart from neuropathy, burning pain in feet is also caused due to infections and inflammation of the feet. Athlete’s foot (a fungal infection of the skin) mainly leads to burning pain in feet.
Burning pain in feet is also caused due to PAD (peripheral artery disease), due to the lack of circulation to the feet, people face symptoms like pain, burning and tingling sensation in the feet especially when they are walking.
Few people after gastric bypass experience burning sensation in feet. Due to the poor absorption vitamin B after the bypass leads to neuropathy in legs and burning pain in feet.
Homeopathy treatment for burning feet and toes
Homeopathy treatment for burning feet and toes works very efficiently by ruling out the root causes of the problem. Homeopathy treatment for burning pain in feet and toes is prescribed based on the symptoms and theory of individualization. Homeopathy treatment for burning feet and toes is safe and has no side effects.