Peripheral neuropathy is a painful condition that is caused by damage to the nerves in the peripheral nervous system, which includes the nerves that run from the brain and the spinal cord to the arms, hands, legs, and feet. The damaged nerves alter sensations and feelings such as pain, temperature, and touch. Peripheral neuropathy occurs ...
Vitamin B6 helps enact metabolism, the immune system, red blood cell activity, assists the possibility for your neurons to send signals to one another and helps with gene expression. Like other B vitamins, it is obvious vitamin B6, which is actually part of a group of complex vitamins of which seven are presently known, is ...
What does drunkenness and being in love have in common? For some people it may result in an injury called radial neuropathy which produces a rather alarming condition known as wrist drop. Nicknamed Saturday Night Palsy and Honeymooner’s Palsy, depending on the origin of the injury, a typical scenario is to wake up and find ...
What is peripheral neuropathy? If you have peripheral neuropathy, you have nerve damage in your peripheral nervous system (PNS). Your PNS transmits all the impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body. For example: you accidentally touch the hot burner of your stove. Immediately the heat from the burner activates ...
Chicago, December 28, 2007: In a report submitted to the Journal of Neuroscience this week, researchers at the University of Chicago have identified an inherited genetic mutation that may cause a human nerve disorder called peripheral neuropathy (PN). PN affects about 3% of individuals over the age of 60, and includes symptoms such as pain ...
Diabetic neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes that affects 60 to 70 percent of diabetics. Diabetic neuropathy is caused by prolonged elevated blood glucose levels resulting in nerve damage and pain. There are several different types of neuropathy that require pain management. Pain medications are available over the counter or in prescription strength medications ...
Janet was thrilled with the improvement she experienced after starting a new medication for Crohn’s disease. However, three months later, she was shocked when her doctor told her the medicine that made her feel so much better was probably the cause of the neuropathy she had developed in her hands and feet. When medical professionals ...
One day while I was at work, I felt an awful sharp pain in my right hand. The pain was mostly around the center of my palm and in my thumb. I couldn’t figure out why I was getting this sharp, stabbing pain. Did I injury myself? Then it occurred to me what the problem ...
There are dozens of complications that come with having diabetes and none of them are easy. Some are just plain hard to deal with and some are just to full of pain to try and deal with. If you have diabetes then I don’t have to for warn you about the complications that come with ...