Peripheral diabetic neuropathy symptoms occur in the arms and legs and shows up in numbness to pain and temperature, tingling or burning, sharp pains or cramps, extreme sensitivity to touch and loss of balance and coordination. These symptoms alone could bring a great deal of discomfort for even the most sedate or non-physical activities, and when a person cannot even stand to be touched, a whole other set of relational and perhaps psychological problems can arise. Autonomic neuropathy can result in such symptoms as constipation, difficulty swallowing, difficulty maintaining blood pressure, sexual dysfunction, profuse sweating and night visions issues. Focal neuropathy happens quite suddenly, affecting the nerves in the head, torso or leg and shows up as double vision, aching behind one eye, severe pain in the lower back, pain in the stomach and chest pain sometimes mistaken for a heart attack. Finally, proximal neuropathy usually starts with pain in the thighs, hips, buttocks or legs and usually on one side of the body.
Since sixty to seventy percent of all diabetic patients have some sort of neuropathic symptoms, there is a great deal of research going on to attempt to understand fully the causes and ways to treat diabetic neuropathy symptoms more effectively. What researchers do know is that prolonged exposure to high amounts of blood glucose does damage bodily nerves. In a person with diabetes and who may have diabetic neuropathy symptoms , low levels of nitric oxide could possibly lead to blood vessels that service the nerves to contract, restricting nourishment. Restricting our ability to communicate with God through prayer is often because we have not confessed sin in our life. David said this thousands of years ago in the psalms. "If I regard (condone) iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me." (Psalm 66:18) For a better walk with God, daily confess those things that you know are not pleasing to Him and seek His forgiveness.
Many of the symptoms mentioned can be pretty scary for the person who has diabetes. But for the person who regularly tests his blood glucose levels and maintains those levels through diet and exercise, the chances of contracting some of the diabetic neuropathy symptoms are lessened. Of course, over a very long period of time, there may be some damage that occurs anyway to some nerves, but the severity of such symptoms can certainly be minimized. When the person with diabetes knows that a sore on a foot is not healing, that immediately needs to come in front of the attention of a doctor. And if there has been a loss of feeling in that foot, the sore may go untreated for a very long time unless there is regular examination of the feet.
Treating diabetic neuropathy symptoms begins of course with a patient getting to a healthy weight and then keeping that weight off that can so easily come back. But when there is the beginning of real pain in the feet or hands such as stabbing or burning sensations, there are some treatments that may help. For example, drugs such as anti depressants and those used to control seizures may be prescribed for pain. It has been found that alpha lipoic acid, a natural substance found in many foods may be of real value for extremity pain, especially when applied in its cream form. But as the medical community finds out more about dealing with diabetic neuropathy symptoms, more gravitas is being given to what once might be considered quack treatments such as acupuncture. Acupuncture has not been studied long and hard for its value, but small studies do suggest that it can often help relieve severe neuropathic pain in some individuals. Additionally, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation which is often called TENS is also being used as a therapy where patients receive a small amount of electrical stimulation from a battery powered unit worn on the body.
So many neurological issues can arise with unattended or poorly attended diabetic monitoring. Because the nerve system controls the entire body's functions, glucose damage to various nerve endings can certainly cause countless internal issues such as constipation, diarrhea, abnormal sweating and urinary problems. One of the most frightening consequences of uncontrolled blood glucose is the possibility of losing one's eyesight. While this doesn't happen quickly in most cases, it is a degenerative side effect to retinal neuropathy that can occur if regular eye exams are not occurring in the life of the diabetic patient. Diabetic neuropathy symptoms are a long list of frightening possibilities for the person who has either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. And while there can be some nerve damage that occurs anyway as a general result of the affliction, many of these symptoms and side bar effects can be avoided if very careful monitoring of daily glucose levels, along with the right diet and plenty of exercise is practiced.
Since sixty to seventy percent of all diabetic patients have some sort of neuropathic symptoms, there is a great deal of research going on to attempt to understand fully the causes and ways to treat diabetic neuropathy symptoms more effectively. What researchers do know is that prolonged exposure to high amounts of blood glucose does damage bodily nerves. In a person with diabetes and who may have diabetic neuropathy symptoms , low levels of nitric oxide could possibly lead to blood vessels that service the nerves to contract, restricting nourishment. Restricting our ability to communicate with God through prayer is often because we have not confessed sin in our life. David said this thousands of years ago in the psalms. "If I regard (condone) iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me." (Psalm 66:18) For a better walk with God, daily confess those things that you know are not pleasing to Him and seek His forgiveness.
Many of the symptoms mentioned can be pretty scary for the person who has diabetes. But for the person who regularly tests his blood glucose levels and maintains those levels through diet and exercise, the chances of contracting some of the diabetic neuropathy symptoms are lessened. Of course, over a very long period of time, there may be some damage that occurs anyway to some nerves, but the severity of such symptoms can certainly be minimized. When the person with diabetes knows that a sore on a foot is not healing, that immediately needs to come in front of the attention of a doctor. And if there has been a loss of feeling in that foot, the sore may go untreated for a very long time unless there is regular examination of the feet.
Treating diabetic neuropathy symptoms begins of course with a patient getting to a healthy weight and then keeping that weight off that can so easily come back. But when there is the beginning of real pain in the feet or hands such as stabbing or burning sensations, there are some treatments that may help. For example, drugs such as anti depressants and those used to control seizures may be prescribed for pain. It has been found that alpha lipoic acid, a natural substance found in many foods may be of real value for extremity pain, especially when applied in its cream form. But as the medical community finds out more about dealing with diabetic neuropathy symptoms, more gravitas is being given to what once might be considered quack treatments such as acupuncture. Acupuncture has not been studied long and hard for its value, but small studies do suggest that it can often help relieve severe neuropathic pain in some individuals. Additionally, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation which is often called TENS is also being used as a therapy where patients receive a small amount of electrical stimulation from a battery powered unit worn on the body.
So many neurological issues can arise with unattended or poorly attended diabetic monitoring. Because the nerve system controls the entire body's functions, glucose damage to various nerve endings can certainly cause countless internal issues such as constipation, diarrhea, abnormal sweating and urinary problems. One of the most frightening consequences of uncontrolled blood glucose is the possibility of losing one's eyesight. While this doesn't happen quickly in most cases, it is a degenerative side effect to retinal neuropathy that can occur if regular eye exams are not occurring in the life of the diabetic patient. Diabetic neuropathy symptoms are a long list of frightening possibilities for the person who has either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. And while there can be some nerve damage that occurs anyway as a general result of the affliction, many of these symptoms and side bar effects can be avoided if very careful monitoring of daily glucose levels, along with the right diet and plenty of exercise is practiced.
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