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Joy - this is really interesting. For years - ? decades - my hot feet in the night have been a family joke. I used to think the problem was worse when I drank red wine, but I don't think it is/was always so. I don't recall my feet being red though. Beth On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Bob & Joy Graham wrote: > A cold big toe could also be related to nerve damage in the lower back,(say > from a prolapsed disc) which is pressing on a certain nerve. I know from > experience that damage at certain levels does indeed produce pain and > numbness in one side or other of the foot, also up the leg. Can't be > specific, my notes are not to hand. > > My husband complains of HOT feet, and they are often red. We understand > this IS a PD symptom, and often the redness and a particular blotchiness > can be due to amantadine. > > Great in winter! Not so good in summer! > > Joy Graham > > > >. Just lately he has been complaining that his dress shoes are > >> not comfortable anymore and that his big toe is cold and numb. He is > >> thinking it may be Reynaud's Syndrome and I am thinking that the PD is > >> speeding up. > >> Maggie Salls > > > > > >Your friend should check with his doctor concerning this foot problem. If > >his big toe is *cold* and numb there is a possibility that it is, indeed, a > >circulatory problem. I'm not familiar with PD acting in this fashion - but > >I've seen more than a few folks with arterial spasm or occlusion who voice > >that complaint. > >------ > >Mary Ann >