Does sciatic nerve pain cause fluttering in foot?
Patient: I have been diagnosed with L4/L5 prolapsed disc, and have associated sciatic nerve pain, but recently (6 weeks from onset) have been having fluttering in my foot (lasts a few seconds, mostly when standing). Is this something to mention to my doctor, or just another symptom? Doctor: Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal, MD.Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your queryThere is a strong possibility that the condition may be due to the nerve compression. The nerve damage may cause the symptoms, especially when the muscles are getting affected secondary to the nerve damage.Fluttering may be due to a number of reasons, the most common being fatigue. The fatigue may occur due to any cause. The muscles are basically stressed out. And so when they have to keep contracting and acting, there may be a feeling of flutter.Fluid and electrolyte balance is crucial to smooth acting of the muscles.As depicted, there are too many causes of flutter. So I would suggest that you may mention it to your neurologist the next time around when you meet him/herMeanwhile, test a FBS/TSHI hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above/if any other so I can be of help further. I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.Please feel free to ask another query. I would be glad to help you. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further. (If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)Best of luck.Dr Mittal.MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), CC (Diabetes Mellitus), DNB (Neurology)Consultant Physician and DiabetologistJS HospitalEx Apollo Hospital, DelhiEx Kailash Hospital, Noida