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I just got home, took off my shoes and suddenly I expierenced numbness in the inside part of both feet. I suffer from anxiety so Im bouncing off the walls...

Submitted: 374 days and 2 hours ago.
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374 days and 2 hours ago.

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Age: 59; Male

Already Tried:
I havent tried anything

Posted by Dr. Mark 374 days and 2 hours ago.

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The bottom of the feet?

Does the numbness involve any part of the calf, or back of the thigh as well?

Posted by Dr. Mark 374 days and 2 hours ago.

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OK.

Do you have any pain or weakness in the feet at all?

e.g. can you walk on your heels, then walk on your tip toes without a problem?

374 days and 1 hours ago.

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No Sirthe numbness is only on the inside of both feet I can walk on my heels and toes without any problem

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OK.

It would seem that this numbness, specifically in the area that you describe, without any numbness going up the leg, and without pain or weakness in the feet, seems to be a local compression effect on the nerve.

Not having numbness or pain going up the leg likely rules out a lumbar disc herniation. The fact that you have good strength in the feet as well means the major nerves are working. The fact that the numbness is only in a specific area in the inside of the foot means it probably isn't blood pressure related (which would affect the entire foot). It seems it could be related to too-tight shoes that would have put pressure on the inside of the foot/ankle to compress a superficial nerve, causing the numbness, in which it probably would improve with time.

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