What Causes Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy?
Higher than normal sugar levels in the body cause the outer sheathing (protective covering) of nerve cells to degenerate. This is similar to an electrical wire that is covered with insulation, and the insulation is beginning to crumble. Without insulation the unprotected wire will start short-circuiting. In the same way, when the sheathing of nerve cells degenerate, the signals being transmitted are scrambled, resulting in your body receiving signals that are interpreted as numbness, heat, cold, tingling, pain, etc. What Causes Non-Diabetic Neuropathy? One of the major causes of neuropathy are certain prescription drugs. Most drugs that lower cholesterol will cause neuropathy, many blood pressure medications and even a few antibiotics will also cause neuropathy. Sports and accident injuries, as well as operations where the nerves are damaged, can cause neuropathy that may not show up till many years afterward. Even the build-up of toxins in the body as a result of the pollution in our
