What Causes a Feeling of Heat in the Center of the Foot?
Some people often experience feverish sensations in their feet, which many overlook as minor issues. However, there can be numerous causes for this, including tuberculosis and liver diseases. It is crucial to promptly visit a hospital for diagnosis to identify the underlying cause and initiate appropriate treatment.
1. Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is the most common cause of feverish sensations in the palms, especially among young adults. It is often accompanied by symptoms such as night sweats, fatigue, cough, and mental sluggishness. Chest X-rays or laboratory tests can usually detect the presence of the disease.
2. Chronic Pyelonephritis
During chronic active stages, patients with chronic pyelonephritis may experience persistent or intermittent feverish sensations in the palms, along with symptoms such as general fever, lower back pain, fatigue, frequent urination, and urinary discomfort. Abnormalities can be detected in urine tests.
3. Liver Diseases
Liver diseases, including viral hepatitis (such as hepatitis B), liver cirrhosis, and chronic biliary infections, can also cause feverish sensations in the palms. These diseases are typically accompanied by symptoms like loss of appetite, weight loss, fatigue, abdominal distension, dull pain in the liver area, insomnia, and more. Liver function tests or immunological tests for hepatitis can usually diagnose these conditions.
4. Connective Tissue Diseases
Although rheumatic fever, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other connective tissue diseases can cause feverish sensations in the palms, their occurrence rate is relatively low. Moreover, these diseases are typically accompanied by significant general fever symptoms. If you experience any of the aforementioned symptoms or diseases, it is essential to visit a hospital for diagnosis and treatment to ensure early intervention.
① Internal Heat Constitution
People with an internal heat constitution tend to sweat easily, feel heat intolerance, have dry mouths, prefer warm drinks, experience feverish sensations in their palms and feet, have red tongues, and suffer from dry stools. Those with similar symptoms can consume cooling foods and drinks, but should avoid foods like ginger, chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, black pepper, cinnamon, fennel, broad beans, coriander, mutton, and dog meat.
② Deficient Cold of the Spleen and Stomach
People with deficient cold of the spleen and stomach prefer to curl up when sleeping, feel cold all over, sweat easily, have abdominal pain, and often have loose stools with pale tongues. Even in summer, these individuals should limit their intake of cooling foods mentioned earlier and instead consume warming foods like ginger, pumpkin, scallions, onions, garlic, leeks, carrots, lychees, longans, lotus seeds, jujubes, glutinous rice, walnut kernels, beef, chicken, duck, goose, shrimp, crucian carp, eel, and chub.
1. Rest well and maintain a positive mindset.
2. Some patients with long-term low-grade fever can engage in appropriate outdoor activities if their physical condition permits.
