Pain Following Path of Veins

On my right foot when I have been up on my feet for a good part of the day I find that my foot becomes extremely painful. It seems go along the top of my foot, following the path of my veins, starting at the level just above my ankle and down to just above my toes. If I go to point my toes it gets much worse and actually feels as though my veins are being stretched beyond their capability to be stretched causing even more pain. There is no discoloration to my foot or numbness. There is no edema. I do not have diabetes. I am disabled with severe almost daily migraine headaches and live a virtually sedentary life and this problem has bothered me for years but recently became much much worse. I have very narrow feet and so my shoes are never too tight. I wear arch supports in my shoes. Lately I have also found that I have been waking up sometimes 3-4 times a night with terrible foot cramps.

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If you truly think that it is the veins that are the source of your pain, it is essential that you have this evaluated at once. But, especially as there is no swelling, it may be that you are just using the direction of the veins for a landmark description of the general location and direction of the pain. In that case, pain elicited by pointing of the toes would be more commonly associated with tendonitis. Frankly, though, owing to the fact that you say that this problem has been going on for years, and you sometimes have severe symptoms several times a night, and you make no mention of ever hading had a professional evaluation for it, and you relate nothing that you have every been able to do to mitigate the problem, don't you think it's about time you saw a doctor if this is something of true concern to you? As I so often point out, forums such as this are not appropriate venues for offering meaningful diagnoses on which effective treatment might be advised and instituted. But once you have a professional diagnosis by hands-on evaluation, this may be a valuable source for increasing your general knowledge of that diagnosis and the ranges of treatment available.

I too have the same problem with my foot. It is very painful every day. I take ibuprofin every day in case it is inflammation. I ice it and it feels better for a little while. I put Ben Gay on it and it feels better for a little while. I try Aspercreme and it feels better for a little while. I wake up every morning with my painful foot. The pain runs across the top of my arch right exactly where the "path of veins" is. Sometimes the pain reaches high up my arch from that same vein. I have gone to two doctors. The first one said I must have sprained my foot, but I didn't. The second medical doctor didn't have any idea what was causing this awful pain along the veins, top of my foot. It's so frustrating. Would welcome any feedback. suzannemork@yahoo.com

I am relieved that other people also have this exact symptom...I thought I must be crazy...I haven't seen a doctor yet, but as I was just awoken with the burning in my feet's 'veins' or wherever it really is, I thought I'd search the internet...Not finding any solutions or answers, so i guess it's off to the Dr. I'm sorry you are also feeling this horrible pain, hopefully we will all find anwers. Do you also get toe cramps? I do and think maybe they are related...I don't know.