Can smoking cause bad circulations in your hands and feet

Can smoking cause bad circulations in your hands and feet

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Smoking , poor diet and high blood pressure are all causes of bad circulation in the hands and feet. ChaCha!

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Q: This may be a little long but please bare with me as I am very worried and have no health insurance and would like some educated responses if available.I was always very healthy, led a healthy lifestyle, was athletic, smoked cigs for a short period of time in highschool but quit by age 19 and never smoked heavily. I also have very very minor scoliosis which I was diagnosed with in middle school, but it never ever affected me or kept me from playing sports, and the curve is still to this day barely noticable and I have no back pain. I have NO underlying conditions or illnesses that I know of, other than a possible high-stress life due to some uncontrollable family issues but that is another story…I am 21 years old. I feel about 81. When I was 18 I went on a 4-month hiking trip in the rocky mountains for a military training program I applied for trying to get into a good military academy (still trying to get in I might add). During the trip we experienced very very cold conditions (50 below freezing at night and 100+ in the day) and we hiked miles every day with half our body weight on our back in supplies. We also may have inhaled alot of smoke from the campfires and stuff as well but I dont know if that is real bad or not since many ppl go camping and breathe in smoke and are fine afterwards.Anyways, ever since I got back from that trip, I have had pain, weakness, numbness, tingling, change of color, tightness, and just disconnection with my lower extremities. It started in the sole of my feet and now its my feet, achilles heel, calfs, shins, and sometimes lower thigh and buttocks. I have become clumsy and have less balance than I used to have.I used to play hockey and had great balance and coordination but now I feel that is almost completely lost. I dont know what happened, and why or how it happened so fast. People have toled me I have everything from advanced Achilles Tendonitis to PAD to HIV to Buergers Disease to just plain ol “flat feet and underdeveloped leg muscles due to lack of excercise” Most of these theories are wrong due to the fact I have tested negative for all STD’s including HIV, I quit smoking, I excercise daily with a professional trainer, and I am only 21 and have a healthy lifestyle and PAD seems very very unlikely and my blood pressure is normal.I have been to vascular doctors, orthopedics, and regular doctors, they have totally confused, frightened, and bewildered me with all types of conclusions and suggestions on what the cause could be, yet NONE of them are sure. I have had examinations where they inject ink and check my blood flow and they said everything seemed to be pretty normal with the exception of a little bit of shrinkage in my capillary veins which they said could be treated with good diet and excercise.I have never eaten healthier or worked out harder, yet my feet and legs still trouble me. At night they fall asleep and I fear they are not getting enough circulation. My hands have also become the same way lately, and they get numb and fatigue easily. My grip has even seemed to have weakened slightly. This stuff scares me and I would like to know what the cause could be. I will research any and everything you relay to me. Thanx for your care and consideration. I want to play hockey again someday but first i need to figure out whats wrong with me and how I can change it.Somebody just told me shin splints, but it says shin splints is usually a temporary condition, which I have had mine steady for 2.5 years. Its possible though, I need to consult a physician as soon as I get some heath insurance.

A: Have you seen a neurologist?? I’m only in medical school, but it sounds a lot to me like it’s a problem with your nerves rather than your vasculature, muscles, or bones. I don’t really want to speculate too much on the disease, since I’m not a doctor yet and I definitely don’t know them all. But one thing comes to mind that you might want to look into: It’s possible that you caught a minor illness, even a stomach bug, on the trip that triggered an autoimmune response in your body, meaning that your immune system started attacking your nerves. There are definitely some autoimmune diseases that may fit your symptoms.Have you considered multiple sclerosis? The onset of MS symptoms can vary depending on where in your brain the disease is attacking.If you haven’t gone to a neurologist, it would definitely be worth your while to see one. The distribution of the pain in your legs points to a neurological basis for your disease. The neurologist is going to want to run lots of expensive tests on you, but if you don’t have insurance, you can at least go in and have the doctor examine you and tell you what he or she thinks.Good luck to you. Wish I could be more help.