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Posted 12/30/2010 3:21 AM (GMT 0)
Just wondering if anyone has had numb toes from crohns and prednisone?
Posted 12/30/2010 3:44 AM (GMT 0)
Have you had your vit B12 levels checked? This can often happen if your levels are low.
Posted 12/30/2010 5:13 AM (GMT 0)
or took a lot of flagyl or other antibiotics..
Posted 12/30/2010 5:57 AM (GMT 0)
Back when I was on the flagyl, pentasa, 6MP, prednisone coctail, I had a lot of problems with numbness in my fingers and toes. Not sure which med or combination was causing it. Once I stopped taking those and switched to Remicade, the numbness stopped too.
Posted 12/30/2010 6:57 AM (GMT 0)
Have you ever been tested for diabetes? Sometimes people become diabetic while on steroids and you can have numbness and neuropathy in your feet. I have numb spots on my feet and neuropathy in both feet and one hand.
Posted 12/30/2010 7:34 PM (GMT 0)
Have you talked to a doctor about it? Might want to do that soon.
Posted 1/10/2011 12:14 AM (GMT 0)
Toes and fingers can get white and numb from Raynaud's..
Posted 1/10/2011 12:39 AM (GMT 0)
There are numerous reasons to have numb toes...both from medicine and other things...

Mine go numb from time to time when my back bothers me. It always catches me by surprise when it happens though.
Posted 1/10/2011 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
I started with numbness and tingling in my toe a few weeks ago which turned to pain and was diagnosed as arthritis.
Posted 1/10/2011 3:08 AM (GMT 0)
Sounds like peripheral neuropathy to me.... Definitely something to call your doctor about immediately.
Posted 1/10/2011 6:51 AM (GMT 0)
yes, they usually start to buzz when i have flare symptoms (which hasn't happened in a while)
Posted 1/10/2011 2:33 PM (GMT 0)
I agree that you need to bring this to your docs attention. I am wondering if you have some deficiencies causing this. Hugs!
Posted 1/10/2011 2:48 PM (GMT 0)
Yes I got numb fingers and toes after taking flagyl for 6 months. I was warned it was a possible side effect but when I got this peripheral neuropathy they did a load of blood tests to eliminate other possible causes, eg low vitamin B12; they also did a nerve conductance test. But it turned out to be the Flagyl and now 18 months or so after finishing I still have numbness in my toes. So it wasn't exactly caused by Crohn's, more of an added extra.
Posted 1/10/2011 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
I would have your B12 levels checked.  When I was having tingling and numbness in my lower leg and foot--I was extremely low in B12.  I do injections monthly now and the tingly feeling is gone.
Posted 1/12/2011 9:30 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, after a few months of being on 1000mg of flagyl daily got numb/tingling toes. Still there several months after discontinuing but on Methotrexate now.
Posted 1/12/2011 9:59 PM (GMT 0)
ok, I'm right on the money with all my vitimin counts, I not diabetic, but my feet are like ice blockes, been that way for about 3-4 years, nobody knows what it is, my gut feeling it is the complications from having 9ft of small bowel removed, it has caught up with me over the years, I'm dehydrated almost all the time, I drink fluids, but it seems like I need it in I.V. form all the time to really get it in blood stream, I have given up on it, wear wool socks everywhere, evan cold feet in summer

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