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Sharp stabbing pain in my big toe.
Usually it's an early morning occurrence and has been going on for couple months but lately the pain is excruciating. The pain is in the big toe of my right foot. Sometimes it can be in the big toe of my left foot but not nearly as bad. The pain can be described as if someone stabbed my toe with an ice pick or hit it with a hammer. Sometimes it extends to the middle toes of the right foot and extend midway toward the ankle. It will last for minutes at a time. The pain goes away if I get up and walk around. I've tried Valtoren, lidocaine ointments and Icy-Hot and maybe get some relied temporarily. Went to a specialist when pain first started and x-rays showed arthritis in almost all the joints and no remedy. Most recent blood work done for a wellness visit was pretty normal, nothing stood out for being too low or high. What questions should I ask the next specialist I go to. Thanks
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No remedy?! How is that possible? You should be able to get shots to help alleviate the pain. Maybe get other opinions. Topicals rarely help with this thing. I know because I had exactly the same thing last year. Red hot toe in the morning. Topical Diclofenac Na was the only topical that helped(a little). I won't say what developed later on. My situation is different tha yours. I had bad, preexisting lower back pain from a ski fall.
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Hi @lene1355, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @heisenberg34 and others. Your symptoms with the sharp pain in the big toe sounds eerily similar to the last time I had gout in my foot. I also had a sharp stabbing pain in the big toe. It's been quite a few years but it might be worth checking out with a specialist. Here's some related information:
-- What’s Causing a Sharp Pain in My Big Toe?
https://www.healthline.com/health/sharp-pain-in-big-toe
Here are some comments in other discussions members have made on stabbing pain in the big toe - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/comments/?search=stabbing%20pain%20in%20big%20toe
Sounds like you have gout. I had to endure it 3 times before my doctor prescribed some meds that stopped it. Get a uric acid blood test done, gout is caused by too much of it in the bloodstream. I took colcichine for a few years to prevent it, along with allopurinal to keep my uric acid levels normal.
I'm only taking the allopurinal now, the other med was very expensive and I had to get it from a pharmacy up in Canada to keep the costs down.
Gout is one of the most painful things I've had to experience, so I'm happy that the meds are working.
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Have you been to a podiatrist and neurologist or endocrinologist? Have you been tested for diabetes or prediabetes? Have you had blood work for neuropathy and a skin punch biopsy for small fiber neuropathy? I had my neuropathy start as pins and needles in my feet plus burning. My big toe would also hurt like yours and the pain would travel in my feet.
Have you been tested for gout?