Pain or no pain: What are the factors in diabetic neuropathy?doi:10.1016/S0168-8227(00)80876-1LeaSorensenandRosemaryMcFarlaneandLyndaMolyneauxandDennisSDOSDiabetes Research & Clinical Practice
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 ...
or you may feel numbness, tingling, weakness or pain. The pain associated with neuropathy can be severe. In addition to the pain, neuropathy can be dangerous, because you may not feel an injury to your foot, and this puts you at risk for infection. Not only can you step on something s...
Pain can be also be described according to the response given to underlying altered sensation. This terminology is summarized in Table 1. Neuropathy is the result of pathological change or functional disturbance in nerves. If only one nerve is affected, it is called mononeu...
A diagnosis of alcohol neuropathy is often done by a qualified health practitioner and may require a combination of the following: 1. Social history Here your doctor will ask about your alcohol intake history. How much you drink, how often, and for how long you’ve been drinking. ...
The goal is to help control your child's blood sugar level. A controlled blood sugar level decreases or delays complications of diabetes, such as neuropathy and retinopathy. Type 2 diabetes can cause complications in children sooner than in adults. Your child will have a diabetes care team. ...
When blood flow to your optic nerve decreases, you will notice a darkening of your vision for a little while before it goes back to normal. This behavior is known as atransient ischemic attack. It usually precedes the onset of ischemic optic neuropathy. ...
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a therapy that provides short-term pain relief using low-voltage electric current. It is noninvasive, inexpensive and can even be self-administered.
This is because strength is inhibited by more than just pain: the ability of the muscle to contract has been physically disrupted. Strength/pain combinations are diagnostically informative, and a good physical therapist is always looking for such combinations when assessing your case. A “weak and...