Hello,
Does anyone ever get something like this with their feet? It started 2 years ago when I was going through a stressful time. I had started with 12 hour panic attacks after some stress in my life and a loss. The night it began my father in law had been rushed into hospital with a heart attack. I suffered a severe panic attack at home with my children as my husband was with him. I lay on my bed for a few hours to calm myself then got up to go to the toilet and my feet went all hot and when I looked down they were red and blotchy. This has happened nightly since that night 2 years ago. Some nights mild, others the toes can be all red and burning and it sometimes can even go up the front of my ankle and leave red blotches there.
I’ve seen my Gp and spoken to her, shown her photos, she has no clue. She said it’s not neuropathy as I’ve not lost feeling in my feet or legs, or anything sinister. She thinks it’s heat and possibly due to being more inactive than I used to be. I lie on my bed between housework so she said the CfS came back worse around the same time and So put it down to that.
It’s happened every night ever since but lately it even flares in the day when I walk around. Not every time but half the time. It will start after about 5-10 minutes on my feet doing my housework. I feel the heat then when I look down my feet have started at the toes going red and blotchy. It will make me feel woozy and I need to lie down. My GP also suggested POTs as it flares when upright or it can flare after resting too long on my bed and then once I stand the symptoms kick in? And it’s never the same, I have good week and then bad with it.
As I said sometimes it’s mild, others more intense sometimes it’s not just speckles or blotches, the top of foot can have a big red area or other times it’s only the toes in one foot or other times both feet. It’s really odd.
Its usually been an evening thing and I can feel the heat in my feet lying on my bed, which doesn’t usually happen unless I’ve rested a while, then as soon as I stand up they flush and go very hot. Once I return to resting and feet are up on my bed the redness is gone within a minute as is the heat after a few minutes. It isn’t a constant thing, my feet are fine between flare ups and it goes again as soon as I lie down, my feet go cool and redness goes. After a few minutes.
I read up on Erithromyalgia and I match the symptoms as my feet will feel dry across the toes often and itchy on occasion. They flare worse in a warm room, and I can’t wear socks anymore as they’ll trigger it. Or it happens just on activity even if I’m chilly and don’t have socks on, it just triggers after being upright walking about. It is usually an evening thing though lately some days it flares up now I’m doing more around the house . I’m going to suggest this thing I’ve read up on when I see my GP.
They’re a lot better than they used to be, I used to get pain when it flared up like someone was sticking needles in my toes but now it’s just the heat and speckles across the toes mainly and top of the foot. It all began during a stressful time and I notice it now flares during any stress or fatigue days.
I attach a photo of what happens. It’s not the best photo but it gives you an example. Sorry for the fast, haha. The photo I’ve attached is when it’s mild for photo 1, moderate and then when it’s quite bad which these days it’s rare. It can sometimes be redder but imagine those speckles in blotches across the toes and top of feet. Today it’s flaring quite bad and every time I walk around I feel anxious about it because I get this overwhelming urge I need to lie down when it flares up. It’s frustrating as I can’t get a lot of housework done today so I’m trying to accept that and just rest. I’ve been in a mild crash since Sunday so I do need to listen to my body and rest up.
J
J
Does anyone ever get something like this with their feet? It started 2 years ago when I was going through a stressful time. I had started with 12 hour panic attacks after some stress in my life and a loss. The night it began my father in law had been rushed into hospital with a heart attack. I suffered a severe panic attack at home with my children as my husband was with him. I lay on my bed for a few hours to calm myself then got up to go to the toilet and my feet went all hot and when I looked down they were red and blotchy. This has happened nightly since that night 2 years ago. Some nights mild, others the toes can be all red and burning and it sometimes can even go up the front of my ankle and leave red blotches there.
I’ve seen my Gp and spoken to her, shown her photos, she has no clue. She said it’s not neuropathy as I’ve not lost feeling in my feet or legs, or anything sinister. She thinks it’s heat and possibly due to being more inactive than I used to be. I lie on my bed between housework so she said the CfS came back worse around the same time and So put it down to that.
It’s happened every night ever since but lately it even flares in the day when I walk around. Not every time but half the time. It will start after about 5-10 minutes on my feet doing my housework. I feel the heat then when I look down my feet have started at the toes going red and blotchy. It will make me feel woozy and I need to lie down. My GP also suggested POTs as it flares when upright or it can flare after resting too long on my bed and then once I stand the symptoms kick in? And it’s never the same, I have good week and then bad with it.
As I said sometimes it’s mild, others more intense sometimes it’s not just speckles or blotches, the top of foot can have a big red area or other times it’s only the toes in one foot or other times both feet. It’s really odd.
Its usually been an evening thing and I can feel the heat in my feet lying on my bed, which doesn’t usually happen unless I’ve rested a while, then as soon as I stand up they flush and go very hot. Once I return to resting and feet are up on my bed the redness is gone within a minute as is the heat after a few minutes. It isn’t a constant thing, my feet are fine between flare ups and it goes again as soon as I lie down, my feet go cool and redness goes. After a few minutes.
I read up on Erithromyalgia and I match the symptoms as my feet will feel dry across the toes often and itchy on occasion. They flare worse in a warm room, and I can’t wear socks anymore as they’ll trigger it. Or it happens just on activity even if I’m chilly and don’t have socks on, it just triggers after being upright walking about. It is usually an evening thing though lately some days it flares up now I’m doing more around the house . I’m going to suggest this thing I’ve read up on when I see my GP.
They’re a lot better than they used to be, I used to get pain when it flared up like someone was sticking needles in my toes but now it’s just the heat and speckles across the toes mainly and top of the foot. It all began during a stressful time and I notice it now flares during any stress or fatigue days.
I attach a photo of what happens. It’s not the best photo but it gives you an example. Sorry for the fast, haha. The photo I’ve attached is when it’s mild for photo 1, moderate and then when it’s quite bad which these days it’s rare. It can sometimes be redder but imagine those speckles in blotches across the toes and top of feet. Today it’s flaring quite bad and every time I walk around I feel anxious about it because I get this overwhelming urge I need to lie down when it flares up. It’s frustrating as I can’t get a lot of housework done today so I’m trying to accept that and just rest. I’ve been in a mild crash since Sunday so I do need to listen to my body and rest up.
J
J