BURNING FEET SYNDROME IS CHARACTERISED BY BURNING AND HEAVINESS IN LOWER LIMBS ESPECIALLY FEET, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE ELDERLY.
THERE IS NO SPECIFIC ETIOLOGY FOR THIS BF, AMONG THE VARIOUS CAUSES ARE: NUTRITIONAL CAUSES, HEREDITARY, PSYCHOSOMATIC, METABOLIC, MECHANICAL CAUSES AND ENDOCRINE CAUSES.
METABOLIC /ENDROCRINAL CAUSES-DIABETIC PATIENTS, RENAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS, AND HYPOTHYROID PATIENTS ARE VERY COMMONLY AFFECTED BY THIS BURNING FEET SYNDROME
NUTRITIONAL CAUSES INCLUDE - VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY, CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM, AND MALABSORTION SYNDROME
MECHANICAL CAUSES- TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND TRAUMATIC NERVE COMPRESSION.