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Weird buzzy feeling in foot

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Aparecium · 16/12/2024 14:52

I woke this morning with a weird buzzy feeling in my right foot. Intermittent, but more on than off.

Has a lie-in, vaguely aware of the buzzing, then got up and got on with my day. Totally forgot about it.

Now I'm sitting in the car and I can feel it again. It is as if I'm in a room above a very loud party, and I can't hear the music, just feel the vibration from it.

Some years ago I had a steroid injection into my spine for a bulging disc that affected this leg, so I'm a bit wary. This is absolutely nothing like what I had before. Different part of the limb, no pain, no mobility issues. Just the weird buzzing.

Any ideas?

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JustCrow · 16/12/2024 14:54

I occasionally get a warm feeling in one foot. It’s like I’ve stuck my foot in a bucket of hot water. Very peculiar.

Sorry no help I know! Bodies are weird.

Aparecium · 16/12/2024 20:18

When my disc was bulging I kept checking that I hadn't wet myself, as I was getting a phantom sensation of damp warmth down my inner leg!

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Gumbo · 16/12/2024 20:25

Fasciculation? It's quite common, I get it in one leg...the 1st time I asked DH how long he thought the earth tremor would last and he looked at me like I was insane!

From the Internet:
'Although fasciculation is particularly common in thighs, it can happen in many places throughout the body—including the feet.
This kind of muscle twitching can occur whenever a muscle is overworked, pulled, or used incorrectly. '

Roselilly36 · 16/12/2024 21:07

See your GP.

Aparecium · 18/12/2024 07:55

Gumbo · 16/12/2024 20:25

Fasciculation? It's quite common, I get it in one leg...the 1st time I asked DH how long he thought the earth tremor would last and he looked at me like I was insane!

From the Internet:
'Although fasciculation is particularly common in thighs, it can happen in many places throughout the body—including the feet.
This kind of muscle twitching can occur whenever a muscle is overworked, pulled, or used incorrectly. '

I doubt it. I get fasciculations (didn't know the name, thank you) and this is distinctly different.

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Aparecium · 18/12/2024 07:56

Roselilly36 · 16/12/2024 21:07

See your GP.

Why?

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Roselilly36 · 18/12/2024 08:09

@Aparecium I don’t want to cause you to panic OP, but please see your GP. Any tingling, numbness, pins and needles type of symptoms warrants investigation. Your GP may do a neurological exam and refer you to a Neurologist if they think it is necessary. I often get this intermittent buzzing in my foot, also numbness and burning pain on occasions, I was unfortunately diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when I was 40. In your situation is it more likely to be due to your back I expect but worth checking out. Good luck.

AlbertCamusflage · 18/12/2024 08:17

I had mild intermittent 'buzzyness' - ie pins and needles - in one foot. It disappeared following some treatment by a physiotherapist. She said it was due to some compression at a particular point in my lower spine, which she corrected by pressing her fingers repeatedly into the affected vertebra to mobilise it. (I can't remember if 'compression' was the actual word she used, but something like that)
I have the same issues in my hands too, but more severe. In the case of my hands, mobilising the vertebrae higher up, near my neck, has brought a great deal of improvement. But I seem to keep relapsing so I may need to ask what more can be done.

TL,DR: It sounds like your problem could be a relatively minor spinal issue that can be dealt with by physiotherapy.
EDIT: I've just read the post above so I see that there are also other possible causes that are more serious. I didn't mean to contradict that post. Always worth talking to a GP to make sure all bases are covered.

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