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Fingers and toes,feet
My friend has a problem suddenly his fingers and toes curl up after that they will become stiff and it takes time to become normal. He is diabetic and taking medicine for bp and sugar. He smokes 5_6 , takes hard drinks everyday. He feels giddiness while getting up from the bed.
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Dr. Irfan Yousuf Wani
Neurologist
17 yrs exp
Srinagar
This can happen due to low calcium or low vitamin d levels. Sometimes it can happen due to medicines like the one given to decrease cholesterol levels. In view of giddiness on standing needs to check his blood pressure while lying down and after getting up to rule out orthostatic hypotension.
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