Neuropathy - When the nerves make you suffer a lot
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...