nyctalgia

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nyc·tal·gia (n

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Night pain, especially the bone pains of syphilis occurring at night.

nyctalgia [nik-tal´jah]

pain that occurs only in sleep.

Patient discussion about nyctalgia.

Q. I have a constant foot pain during night what can i do to ease the pain? I am a diabetic (type 2) for 22 years. recently i started to suffer from a recurrent foot pain. The pain is only at night time, and i cant make it stop. i tried Tylenol and NSAIDs but nothing helped. what can i do?

A. You are describing a Neuropathic pain disorder. This is a very common symptom that occurs with diabetes. To treat it you need to take better control on your glucose level.
In addition you can try anti epileptic drugs -
I heard it can help, but must admit i never tried it myself.

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