Top 12 Indicators You Likely Have Diabetes
#5. Painful or Numb Feet and Legs
Diabetes leads to hardening of the arteries as well as nerve damage, and these symptoms are quite noticeable in the feet and legs. Poor blood flow and nerve damage combined can lead to skin ulcers or infections that take a really long time to heal, and because there may also be numbness, you might not realize how badly your feet are suffering.
Symptoms of Painful or Numb Feet and Legs:
- prickling
- pins-and-needles sensation
- tingling
- weak-feeling foot or feet
Other Causes of Painful or Numb Feet and Legs:
- alcoholism or chronic alcohol abuse
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- frostbite
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- herniated disk
- Lyme disease
- Morton’s neuroma
- multiple sclerosis
- peripheral arterial disease
- peripheral vascular disease
- sciatica
- shingles
- side effect of chemotherapy medications
