I am suffering from burning sensation in my whole body, it started with feet and slowly it reached whole body. It burns all over the body when I lie still it's starts to burn, when I move my body it's over, I am having even joint pain and muscle ache, please tell me why is it causing this problem, I have vitamin d deficiency and b12 deficiency, why is this happening please tell me.

Dr. Julie Mercy J DavidPhysiotherapist25yrs exp

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If you are suffering from burning pain or tingling sensation in hands or feet; sharp shooting pain in legs; numbness in hands or feet, then you might be suffering from neuropathic pain. What is a neuropathic pain? Neuropathic pain is a special type of pain which occurs when there is damage to nerve fibres, which produces tingling or burning type of pain. It is of two types: 1. Peripheral neuropathic pain: it occurs when there is an injury to peripheral nerve fibres (a-delta or c-fibers) which carries pain sensation to the brain (thalamus) for interpretation. 2. Central neuropathic pain: it occurs due to sensitization of central pain interpreting mechanisms (thalamus) to falsely feel pain when peripheral nerve fibres are no longer sending pain impulses to them. Worldwide-estimates of the prevalence of neuropathic pain is 7% i.e. 7 persons out of 100 people are suffering from different types of neuropathic pain. Symptoms: ?tingling sensation or feeling of ants crawling under skin ?burning sensation ?sharp shooting pain or electric current-like sensation ?stabbing pain ?dull pain with numbness or heaviness reasons for neuropathic pain: ?diabetes mellitus: most common cause worldwide due to uncontrolled blood sugar levels, causing damage to nerve fibres. ?alcohol consumption/cigarette smoking: damage to nerve fibres or damage to blood vessels supplying nerve fibres. Burning pain in feet ?neck pain/low back pain/glutei pain ?vit. B12 deficiency ?chemotherapy for cancer patients ?post-herpes virus infection ?post-spine surgery ?post-amputation ?diseases like spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, hiv, lead toxicity, etc.  

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