Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) (specifically, (1)H-MRS) has been used to show changes in the brain following peripheral nerve injury in subjects without diabetes. This study used (1)H-MRS to examine the brain in subjects with or without painful diabetic neuropathy. Twenty-six diabetic ...
I am suffering from neuropathy of the feet and it is so bad some days I hate to walk. I have been on several different medicines. they work for a while and then they stop working and I have to try another medication. Does the pain ever stop. ...
What is peripheral neuropathy (PN)?PN is a type of nerve damage that can develop when your peripheral nerves are damaged. Peripheral nerves are located outside of the brain and spinal cord. These nerves send information from your brain and spinal cord to the rest of your body. Damage to ...
Acute pain can turn into chronic pain. Different healthcare providers have different benchmarks for how long it takes to become chronic.1Some say three months, others say six months or a year. Still, others consider it chronic if the pain has persisted longer than it typically would for wha...
Gabapentin ismost effectivein relieving neuropathic pain conditions caused by disk herniation, spinal stenosis, diabetic neuropathy, and postherpetic neuralgia. It provides limited sciatica and fibromyalgia relief, and is ineffective for reducing arthritis-related chronic low back pain. ...
What does carpal tunnel syndrome feel like? Carpal tunnel syndrome often feels like burning, numbness, tingling, or pain in your thumb, pointer, and middle fingers. These feelings may extend past your hand and wrist, up your arm. You may also feel clumsy or like your fingers “aren’t wor...
Your child has abdominal pain, diarrhea, or is vomiting. Your child has numbness in his or her arms or legs. Your child has warm, red patches of skin or a wound that does not heal. Your child is anxious or depressed. You have questions or concerns about your child's condition or care...
What is muscle injury, and how does it heal? What works? What doesn’t? And here’s a curve ball: is your muscle even actually physically damaged? Muscle strain and pain are usually woven together, and often pain alone is mistaken for injury. And there are some other kinds of injury ...
Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) has two characteristic features:the inability to feel pain and temperature, and decreased or absent sweating(anhidrosis). This condition is also known as hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type IV. ...
Sciatica can cause dull, aching, acute,toothache-like, needle-like, or shooting leg pain that feels like an electricshock. Burning, numbness, and tingling sensations are additional symptoms. Sciatica is sometimes referred to as neuralgia, neuropathy or radiating or referred pain. Sciatica is misunde...