tingling in extremities

my little sister has been complaining of tingling in her hands especially.  she went to the doctor and they did blood tests and told her that her blood sugar is low and that she needs to just eat something small with a little sugar in it about every hour and it should go away.  well, i dont know really how seriously she has taken this advice, but she keeps complaining of the tingling, she says its hard to grab things, she cant even sleep because it bothers her so much.  my only other thought is that this can be something neurological.  has anyone ever experienced tingling hands/feet and what caused it, and if you solved the problem how? im really worried...

If she's been told to eat more often it's because they think she's hypoglycaemic or that she has poor circulation.  If she's not doing as she's been told, then she can't expect to see an improvement.  If she's following the advice and she's still experiencing the same problem then she should go back to the GP and ask what to do next.  It could be a different condition e.g. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can cause numbness in the hands.

I started with this prroblem when I was about 4 months pregnant with my son, and the dr said it would go away after the birth well my son was 19 months old (hes now 21 months old) and my extremities were still numb and it would be so numb it would actually hurt real bad.

In july I started losing weight and after shedding 15 lbs it was GONE! So what im saying here is that if your sister is over weight that might be the issue. Could also be as gi-jane said CT syndrome. Gluck

I often get tingling and numbness in my hands and feet because of a condition called Reynolds Syndrome, which causes problems with the circulation in the tiny capillaries in the skin on your hands and feet espec. If your sister is often cold to touch (even if she doensn't think she feels cold) or just generally cold and has to wear warm socks and jumpers and stuff a lot this could be the reason. I could take medication for this, but it isn't worth the side effects so I layer up on gloves and socks even when I'm not that cold, to stop me from getting really cold.

If it develops to pins and needles rather than just tingling she should go to see her doctor immediately - don't want to worry you but I have a relative with MS and the first symptom was pins and needles in her feet which didn't go away (at all, not even for a few minutes at a time).

gi-jane- i think she sometimes eats as she is supposed to and other times neglects to which is obviously not helping.  i guess i cant force feed her... i think im going to tell her to start writing down everything she eats and at what times so i can see and then we will go from there.  I'm going to look some stuff up about Carpal Tunnel as i dont know much about it thanks for suggesting that.

chantale- i dont think it is a weight problem because if i had to guess she is about 5'5" and weighs 125 which is average considering her age (16)

holsfisher- i will be looking into Reynolds Syndrome and i hope to god its not MS.  what would you say is the difference between tingling and pins and needles, shes only 16 i dont know if she can tell the difference really between what shes feeling so maybe i can have her describe it better so i can determine which one she is feeling

thanks for all of your advice, ill keep you guys updated

Original Post by holsfisher:

I often get tingling and numbness in my hands and feet because of a condition called Reynolds Syndrome, which causes problems with the circulation in the tiny capillaries in the skin on your hands and feet espec. If your sister is often cold to touch (even if she doensn't think she feels cold) or just generally cold and has to wear warm socks and jumpers and stuff a lot this could be the reason. I could take medication for this, but it isn't worth the side effects so I layer up on gloves and socks even when I'm not that cold, to stop me from getting really cold.

If it develops to pins and needles rather than just tingling she should go to see her doctor immediately - don't want to worry you but I have a relative with MS and the first symptom was pins and needles in her feet which didn't go away (at all, not even for a few minutes at a time).

Are you sure you don't mean Raynauds?