Any preventative measures for non-diabetic neuropathy, especially of the feet?
Living with neuropathy can be a difficult challenge for some. It is not a disease that many people know about. A person with neuropathy has to manage chronic pain and adjust their lifestyle. It is not an impossible disease to manage. It is just very challenging at times. What is neuropathy? Neuropathy is a nerve disease. It affects the peripheral nerves in areas such as you hands, feet, face, legs and torso. The nerves in our body communicate between the different areas of the body to the brain. When the nerves are damaged, they have broken or no communication to the brain. The end result is having numbness, stinging, tingling or pain areas in those parts of the body. People with neuropathy have a break down of communication between the nerves and the brain. Who gets neuropathy? Neuropathy is not racial or gender specific. Men and women of any race can be stricken with the disease. The two most common causes of neuropathy are diabetes and alcoholism. People with auto-immune diseases su
I am a diabetic and I am not sure if non-diabetic neuropathy is much different from diabetic. I have had extreme tingling, stinging sensation, in my fingertips and in my feet and it had really become extremely painful when trying to sleep. My husband came across someone mentioning that people who take diabetic medications can have Vitamin b12 deficiency. Well I began to take the b12. I have only been on it for about a week now and I can already notice a huge difference in the pain. I believe that some of my nerves are completely damaged as I still seem to have a little pain but I can deal with that compared to the way I was feeling. Also as a side note, people with thyroid disease may be deficient in vitamin b12 as well. I would google vitamin b12. It has a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system.
