text: Burning feet syndrome (BFS) \nis characterised by a sensation of burning and heaviness in the feet and lower extremities\n\nCauses:\n    * no specific aetiology for BFS\n\n    * can occur as an isolated symptom or as part of a symptom complex in association with a variety of unrelated clinical settings. Causes of BFS can be divided into the following categories:\n          o nutritional causes:\n                + vitamin B deficiency\n                      # vitamin B deficiency may result in a disturbance in cellular metabolism in the tissues causing accumulation of intermediate metabolites\n                            * may cause abnormal and excessive stimulation, or lower the pain and temperature threshold of peripheral sensory nerve endings\n                      # BFS may also be an early clinical phase of vitamin B12 deficiency related neuropathy before frank neurological signs appear\n                + malabsorption syndrome, chronic alcoholism - may cause BFS because of associated nutritional deficiencies\n          o metabolic/endocrinal causes:\n                + diabetes mellitus\n                + renal failure (dialysis patients)\n                + hypothyroidism \n          o hereditary causes:\n                + autosomal dominant BFS\n                      # familial disorder with an autosomal dominant inheritance\n                      # clinical picture is that of bilateral symmetrical pain with no muscle weakness, atrophy or foot deformity\n          o mechanical (entrapment neuropathies) causes:\n                + tarsal tunnel syndrome\n                + traumatic nerve compression\n                + nerve entrapment due to sciatic mononeuropathy and spinal arteriovenous malformation can also cause burning feet (1)\n          o psychosomatic\n          o miscellaneous\n                + erythromelalgia\n                      # uncommon disorder characterised by burning pain and redness of the extremities\n                      # may be primary or secondary to systemic disorders such as diabetes, collagen vascular disorders, or myeloproliferative disorders such as polycythemia vera or essential thrombocytosis.\n                + chronic mountain sickness\n                + Gitelman syndrome\n                + leishmaniasis\n                + multiple sclerosis\n          o idiopathic \n\nFor more info Pls contact your doctor\n\nRefer: \n\nhttp://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=x20060404001330258590\n\nhttp://epodiatry.com/burning-foot.htm