Burning Feet

Lately my 11-year old son has been waking up every night because his feet are “burning.” He has all the sores and calluses that I do and they look like they always have with no extra infections - so what’s wrong? What’s making his feet hurt so badly right now? When he wakes me up to tell me about the pain, I take notice of my own feet. I notice they are “burning” too. Even while I sit here typing, I feel the burning. But am I just so used to it that it’s no longer a big issue for me?

I remember once as a young adult my feet hurting extra badly for no apparent reason. I made an appointment to see a dermatologist who knew me well - and my PC symptoms. When he saw my feet he said he expected them to look a lot worse than they did. I remember feeling a bit badly about that. How bad do my feet have to look for someone to believe the pain is severe?

As for my son, is he now just coming into a stage of PC where he will begin to feel pain almost always? Will he get used to it? I have PC yet I still feel so helpless. There are some things I can do to help my boy feel a degree of pain relief, but for the most part, I fear he will feel this constant pain for the long haul – at least until the cure comes…