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Neuropathic Pain Treatment of Diabetic Polyneuropathy

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If you miss the nail on the board with the hammer and instead catch your finger, the body gets an immediate reaction - pain. Unsightly, but an important warning sign. Acute pain can also turn into a chronic state. Then the helpful function becomes a burden. Nerve damage can cause nerve pain that becomes chronic - it is often caused by diabetes. Numbness or a tingling sensation in the feet, fingers, and toes - this is how nerve damage, also known as neuropathy, is often noticeable. Besides, there is often insensitivity and oversensitivity to temperatures, touch, and pressure. Sudden, burning, and stabbing pains complement the picture of suffering and often intensify in a resting state. The most well-known consequence of diabetes-related nerve damage is diabetic foot syndrome. This is caused by small wounds on the feet, which are often not noticed due to a lack of sensitivity. Symptoms of nerve damage appear insidious, can turn out very differently, and are dependent on the nerves af

Neuropathy - When the nerves make you suffer a lot

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Uncomfortable tingling in the hands or feet, painful abnormal sensations, or numbness: These can be signs of neuropathy. With neuropathy, the nerves are damaged. The causes are very different. By far the most common cause is diabetes - around 30 percent of all diabetics suffer from neuropathy. But kidney damage and nerve damage from toxic substances such as alcohol can also trigger neuropathy, and sometimes infectious diseases such as Lyme disease or HIV. The Nervous System From the top of our head to the tips of our toes, every square millimeter of our body is pervaded by nerve fibers. The nerve cells, the so-called neurons, transmit information from the central nervous system into the body and they transmit the sensations of the sensory organs to the brain. Nerves not only make us feel stimuli such as touch, heat, cold, or pain, they also control all internal activities of the body from the heartbeat to digestion. How is Neuropathy Noticeable? The most common are distal-s