What are the different types of diabetic neuropathy?
Diffuse neuropathy is neuropathy that affects many parts of the body, and includes the following: • diffuse peripheral neuropathy – neuropathy affecting nerves in the extremities (legs, feet, arms, and hands). Symptoms include: • numbness • tingling, burning, or prickling • sharp pains or cramps • extreme sensitivity to touch • loss of balance or coordination • insensitivity to pain or temperature changes • diffuse autonomic neuropathy – neuropathy that affects nerves that serve internal organs, processes, and systems of the heart, digestive system, sexual organs, urinary tract, and sweat glands. Symptoms include: • incontinence • digestive problems • low blood pressure • dizziness • fainting • impaired perception of pain • hypoglycemia • profuse sweating • focal neuropathy – neuropathy that affects a single, specific nerve and part of the body, such as the eyes, facial muscles, hearing, pelvis and lower back, thighs, and abdomen.
