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I have a patient who is 16 weeks pregnant. She developed hypothyroidism during her first pregnancy some years back & foot pain at the time. These both resolved post pregnancy. She has again developed hypothyroidism & now has classic plantar fasciitis/'osis symptoms that have responded well to low-dye strapping. What is the connection between plantar fasciitis & hypothyroidism?

I think there is more likely to be a relationship between her pregnancy and the foot symptoms, than between the foot symptoms and hypothyroidism.

The main foot issues that I see from hypothyroidism is peripheral neuropathy. However I see a lot of pregnant women with fasciitis and similar enthesopathic foot pain.

LL

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Musculoskeletal "aches" are not uncommon in hypothyroidism, but have not heard of it being related to plantar fasciitis - most likely a coincidence.

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Craig Payne
Department of Podiatry
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
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Thanks for your rapid responses. The patients obstetric physician commented that joint/soft tissue soreness are common in hypothyroidism. I'll maybe research it a little more.

See this from eMedicine: Hypothyroid Myopathy

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