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Doe anyone have both peripheral neuropathy and venous insufficiency?

Posted by arflmi33 @arflmi33, Jan 22 8:23am

As of now I have been diagnosed with both peripheral neuropathy and venous insufficiency, both in lower legs. Does anyone else have both of these? Can these two be related? Does this affect what treatment lotions (e.g. magnesium) can be used for the neuropathy? Is there any causal relationship of one to the other? Sorry for so many questions. This is kind of overwhelming at at the moment.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jan 22 8:57am

Good questions @arflmi33, It can be overwhelming dealing with the symptoms and having unanswered questions. While you wait for members to respond, @lvgal @stormheart @bajjerfan and others have mentioned venous insufficiency and neuropathy in other discussions and may have some suggestions or experience to share with you. You can also scan through the list of comments of members comments here - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/comments/?search=venous%20insufficiency%20+neuropathy

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bajjerfan | @bajjerfan | Jan 22 9:46am

I have both and I don't believe that one caused the other; mostly just coincidence. IIRC I had the CVI before the neuropathy. Late last summer I had some ultrasound done by my PCP who is supposed to be a vein specialist as well. Post visit notes suggest a procedure could be done. After a 3 month followup the opinion was that I'm SOL stuck with the CVI. I take PreGabalin which keeps the neuropathy under control. Also have foot drop from nerve damage due to being pre-diabetic. I have issues with lower back pain. It's possible that it may be due to needing a hip replacement the diagnosis of which is complicated by the neuopathy and foot drop. I walk a little gimpy like Chester from Gunsmoke.

Sorry I can't offer a solution. Never tried any magnesium based creams or lotions.

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26sabrina | @26sabrina | Jan 23 10:50am
In reply to @bajjerfan "I have both and I don't believe that one caused the other; mostly just coincidence. IIRC..." + (show)
@bajjerfan

I have both and I don't believe that one caused the other; mostly just coincidence. IIRC I had the CVI before the neuropathy. Late last summer I had some ultrasound done by my PCP who is supposed to be a vein specialist as well. Post visit notes suggest a procedure could be done. After a 3 month followup the opinion was that I'm SOL stuck with the CVI. I take PreGabalin which keeps the neuropathy under control. Also have foot drop from nerve damage due to being pre-diabetic. I have issues with lower back pain. It's possible that it may be due to needing a hip replacement the diagnosis of which is complicated by the neuopathy and foot drop. I walk a little gimpy like Chester from Gunsmoke.

Sorry I can't offer a solution. Never tried any magnesium based creams or lotions.

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Interesting. I have both. My neurologist, cardiologist and primary doctors say that the two are not related. I have found that there have been many little discoveries over the years so I wouldn't be surprised if someone will find that neuropathy and poor circulation in our lower extremities are related.

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arflmi33 | @arflmi33 | Jan 23 1:26pm
In reply to @26sabrina "Interesting. I have both. My neurologist, cardiologist and primary doctors say that the two are not..." + (show)
@26sabrina

Interesting. I have both. My neurologist, cardiologist and primary doctors say that the two are not related. I have found that there have been many little discoveries over the years so I wouldn't be surprised if someone will find that neuropathy and poor circulation in our lower extremities are related.

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At this point I have found multiple sources online, which appear to be reliable sources, which state that having venous insufficiency can cause peripheral neuropathy.

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bajjerfan | @bajjerfan | Jan 23 10:56pm

I would add that I have MACS Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion. Discovered about June, 2021. I had benign growths on both adrenal glands and both were producing cortisol resulting in an excess. I had one adrenal gland removed in August, 2024. It still didn't result in adrenal insufficiency. By then the damage from excess cortisol had been done leaving me with foot drop from nerve damage due to being pre-diabetic. Actually I sort of self diagnosed diabetic neuropathy just from the type of chest pain on the left side. Hard to sort it all out when so many things go wrong at once. Had I known about the hypercortisolism way earlier it might have been a different story.

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papercutter | @papercutter | Jan 31 11:08am
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@arflmi33

At this point I have found multiple sources online, which appear to be reliable sources, which state that having venous insufficiency can cause peripheral neuropathy.

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Hi, Can you tell me some of the links that you found online regarding this. I have both non-diabetic pn and venous insufficiency. Thank you

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