Why Your Doctor Asked About Your Drinking
If you have been investigated for numbness, burning or tingling in your feet, somebody will have asked how much you drink. For a lot of people that question lands awkwardly. It can feel like an accusation, or like being sent down a route that has nothing to do with the problem you came in with. It is neither. It is on the list because alcohol is one of the recognized causes of nerve damage, and because it is one of the few causes where there is something concrete to be done.