Sweaty legs and neuropathy?

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Sweaty legs and neuropathy?

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Hello everyone,

My mother (diabetic type two, metformin and pravastatin, weight 106 pounds height 5'0) has issues with her legs. We guess it started one or two months ago. When she is stressed or working a lot her legs get sweaty. Not much but when I put my hands on them I can feel slight dampness. Once she got it at night.

Apparently she was recently diagnosed with neuropathy and pod in her feet/legs. We are waiting for further testing with a neurologist.
We are wondering if it's connected to this? Is there any way to improve this symptom?

Thanks in advance.

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I only have experienced the sweating getting less with neuropathy. If anyone has more insight, I would be interested too!

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No problem with the POD vs. PAD issue. I certainly wasn't criticizing. I thought maybe there's another new medical issue with which I was unfamiliar!

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PAD is Peripheral Artery Disease.

Lain's mother actually was diagnosed with POAD, which is
Peripheral Artery Occlusive Disease, as stated in another post.

I don't think some posters understand that we can better help them if they make one post, and follow up with updates.

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Thank you for your reply. I'm sorry for the confusion. I understand that making several posts is confusing. I will keep that in mind for the future. I'm just in shock right now because both of my parents are sick now and it's a lot to deal with. I apologize again.

Also I am not located in the US so I have to rely on translation for the names of illnesses.

So I want to correct myself:

My mother was diagnosed with PAD not POAD.

Thank you for your reply.

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Wow. I haven't heard of this without there being some pitting edema in the legs and a leaking of fluid. Is that at all the case? Sometimes with poor circulation there is "third spacing of fluid" and the legs leak. If there is lotion applied sometimes pores are unable to breath and there are problems. Elevate the legs and try without lotions for a few days. And do the test for edema, gently putting you finger into the tissue and seeing if the indentation you finger leaves stays there. This is a good question to take to her doctor.

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Thank you for your reply. I don't think my mother has edema but we will ask the doctor. I massage my mum's legs and feet every evening and I never noticed edema. I do the edema test on several spots in her leg every day. I do know what they look like because another family member has/had them because of heart and kidney issues.
But I won't use the lotion because I do use a lot of 10 percent urea lotion on her legs an feet.

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Lain, I don't have experience with the situation you describe, but I do want to raise one caution.   Are you certain that the moisture on her legs is sweat and not from internal weeping? I ask b/c of the possibility of lymphedema, in which fluid leaks through outward onto the skin.

I do think the neurologist is the best source to investigate this at this point, especially so it can be determined if there's a diabetic connection.

I'm not sure what POD is but wonder if you meant to write PAD?

I hope some of the nurses will see this post and respond.   Other than as written, I don't have any insights to offer, but did want to bump this thread up.

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Thank you for your reply GardenArtist. First of all I do mean PAD not POAD or POD (that doesn't even exist). I just confused with all the names.

I really don't think it's edema as I massage my mum's legs and feet every evening and do check for that with the finger test. But I will do some more research and ask her doctor. I will also reduce lotion use as recommended by AlvaDeer.

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