Diabetic Nerve Pain Relief

What is that burning pain in my feet?

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Burning, tingling, and numbness in your toes and feet may be the first signs of diabetes. Peripheral neuropathy is a dysfunction of nerves and is commonly seen in the hands and feet.

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There are two types of nerves that may be affected: small nerve fibers, and large nerve fibers. Small nerve fiber damage will cause abnormal sensation and large nerve fiber damage leads to decreasing sensory perception and coordination. Damage to these nerves can be caused for several reasons, but the most common is diabetes. The progression of the neuropathy is highly dependent on the glucose levels in the blood, though the exact mechanism of damage is still unknown.

In uncontrolled or undetected diabetes, there are abnormally high levels of glucose or "sugar" in the blood. The abnormal levels of glucose causes multiple problems in your body including, eye, kidney, and cardiovascular damage. Often, the first problem noticed is the atypical sensations in the feet caused by peripheral neuropathy or nerve dysfunction. The symptoms are progressive and start at your toes and move up like a sock. Diabetic patients often complain of tingling, burning, numbness sensations, similar to the sensations a person feels when their foot "falls asleep."

Over time, the damage will lead to complete loss in sensation. This is the leading cause for diabetic foot ulcerations. A person with lost foot sensation still has motor (muscle) function and can continue to walk, but they are unable to detect sores or pain. Unknown sores on the feet combined with other diabetic complications leads to ulcers (open sores) and sometimes amputations.

To assess your peripheral nerve function, a podiatric physician can do several basic screening tests. While the patient's eyes are closed, the podiatric physician uses several tools to test the small and large fiber nerves in the foot. Such tools consist of a Semmes Weinstein Monofilament (similar to fishing line), tuning fork, and a Q-tip. It is such a simple screen and takes only five minutes to perform, so, there is no excuse for diabetics or pre-diabetics not to get tested. Early detection of neuropathy can greatly decrease its progression and protect the feet from ulcers, infections, and even amputations.

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and the complications associated with the disease can greatly impede on a person's quality of life. It is important to prevent and detect diabetes early to avoid and slow down the debilitating damage of the high glucose levels in the blood. Diabetes has a great effect on a person's feet and often shows some of the first signs of diabetic complications. Thus, one with diabetes or diabetic risk factors should pay close attention to their feet and contact their podiatric physician.

Author: Peter Wishnie

Dr. Peter Wishnie is a podiatrist who specializes in foot and ankle surgery. His office is in Piscataway/Hillsborough,NJ. His goals are to educate the public on the care of their feet and ankles and to get them functioning as quickly as possible. For more foot health tips on heel pain, get a Free copy of their book, "You Do Not Have To Suffer With Heel Pain," by visiting their website: http://www.stopfootpainfast.com/

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Diabetic Nerve Damage: The Height Connection

If you have diabetes, it may be better to be short than tall.

Why? Well, it has to do with those pesky foot and leg ulcers that can cause anything from minor inconvenience to amputation. When ulcers become series, it's becaue they have become infected, perhaps even leading to gangrene which is the major reason for amputation.

In the general population, a simple cut or other open wound isn't usually a problem, because it causes some degree of pain that alerts the person to its presence and allows him or her to seek treatment.

Diabetics, however, are prone to nerve damage, which can mean they have ulcers on feet or legs and aren't even aware of them until they have become serious problems.

That's where the height difference comes in. According to a study by the National Taiwan University Hospital, reported in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, taller diabetics are more likjely to need amputation than those who are shorter.

The reason? The nerves that lead to the legs and feet are the longest in the body, making them especially vulnerable to diabetic nerve damage. Naturally,the taller you are the longer those nerves are, and the more susceptible they are to deterioration and loss of function.

The shorter nerves of shorter diabetics are not as open to damage, so those people are better able to feel the pain when a cut or other wound happens, giving them a chance to deal with it before it causes serious damage.

So if you are a tall diabetic, is this cause for panic or despair? Not at all. It just reinforces the advice we diabetics have always been given: look after your feet and legs carefully, check regularly for wounds, ulcers or anything unusualand get them treated right away.
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Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most costly burdensome chronic diseases of our time and is condition that is increasing in epidemic population in the whole world. The complications resulting from the diseases are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and are associated with failure of various organs such as the eyes, kidneys and nerves. Diabetics are also at a significantly higher risk for coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease and stroke and they have a greater likelihood of having hypertension dyslipidemia and obesity.

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a serious disorder of the glands, of pancreas to be exact, called Madhumeha in Ayurveda. It is one of the most insidious disorders of the metabolism and, if left undiagnosed, may lead to rapid emaciation and ultimately death.

What are the types of Diabetes?

According to Ayurveda Diabetes is of two types: Diabetes Mellitus- Insulin dependent Juvenile Diabetes (IDDM-Type I) in which the body is unable to produce insulin and Non Insulin Dependent Adult Onset Diabetes (NIDDM-Type II) in which the pancreas produces insulin, but it is insufficient for reducing the blood glucose to normal levels.

What are the common symptoms of Type- 1 Diabetes? Some of the common symptoms of Type- 1 Diabetes are:

Excessive Thirst Frequent urination Unexplained weight loss Irritability Weakness Fatigue

What are the common symptoms of Type- 2 Diabetes? Some of the common symptoms of Type- 2 Diabetes are:

Loss off weight Numbness in hands or feet. Uncontrolled infections Pain in the limbs Inflammatory chest infections Dimness of vision, contrast Excessive thirst Body weakness

What are the different tests for Diabetes?

Urine Test: Some chemicals are added to a few drops of urine. Colour change indicates presence of glucose in urine.

Blood Test: In this, blood is taken to test the glucose level. This is more accurate test to confirm diabetes

Which parts of my body are affected by Diabetes?

Blood Vessels: Higher level of glucose damage the blood vessels. As a result of this most of the diabetic complications occur in blood vessels.

Heart: Diabetes affects the heart by: Increasing the amount of fat in blood and increasing the amount of homocysteine in blood.

Kidney: In diabetes because of increased levels of glucose, kidneys have to do extra work to retain essential substances and separate waste products to produce urine. This affects the small blood vessels and their capacity to filter. After many years of work, it leads to kidney failure.

Eyes: Diabetes affects blood vessels of the eyes. Damage to these blood vessels leads to eye problems like: Damage to retina, Cataract or total loss of vision

Foot: Damage to blood vessels reduces blood flow to the feet and increases risk of developing foot ulcers and infections.

Nerves: High glucose level for a long time damages nerves. Nerve damage reduces sensation in some parts of body which may lead to: Numbness and tingling, Fainting and dizziness

Home Remedies for Diabetes:

The best remedy for this disease is the bitter gourd, better known as 'karela'. Eat this vegetable as often as you can or have at least one tablespoon of karela juice daily to reduce blood sugar levels in your blood and urine.

Amla, due to its vitamin C content is effective in controlling diabetes. A tablespoon of its juice, mixed with a cup of fresh bitter-gourd juice, taken daily for two months will secrete the pancreas and enable it to secrete insulin.

Take ten tulsi leaves, ten neem leaves and ten belpatras with a glass of water early morning on an empty stomach. It will work wonders in keeping your sugar levels under control.

The leaves of Butea tree are very useful in diabetes. They reduce blood sugar and are useful in glycousia.

Take two teaspoons of powdered Fenugreek seeds with milk. Two teaspoons of the seeds can also be swallowed whole, daily.

Eat 10 fresh fully grown curry leaves every morning for three months. It prevent diabetes due to heredity factors. It also cures diabetes due to obesity.

By: AyurvedicCure.com

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 Numbness and Tingling

It is important to seek medical attention when experiencing numbness and tingling symptoms. A chiropractic office visit is a great place to start. Conditions such as a pinched nerve, diabetes or even a stroke could be the cause. 

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Chronic pain, oxidation and the effect is has on cells, like rusting from the inside out.

Apples and bananas turn brown. Butter turns rancid. Iron rusts. All are everyday signs of oxidative stress-destruction caused by . None of these nuisances compare to what destructive molecules can do inside your body, especially to cells of the brain, blood vessels and lining of your joints.

Free radical oxygen molecules are by-products of normal cell processes. They are molecules created from oxygen after certain vital and necessary metabolic processes - breathing, eating and exercising - are completed inside your body. In addition, this same sort of damage can occur from sources outside your body - ultraviolet exposure, cigarette smoke, poor air quality and poor dietary choices such as high-fat meals. We cannot escape this form of internal and external damage daily.

These destructive free radical molecules have an unpaired electron attached to them (a "free" radical). Nature has designed electrons to function best when paired together. An unpaired electron creates a very unstable molecule, wreaking havoc during its hunt for a mate. The source of its devastating action is the oxygen molecule's unpaired electron, making it unstable and electrically charged in a negative fashion.

It only becomes stable by interacting with the nearest available molecule, hoping to find another electron with which to pair. Having no prejudices, it targets lipids, proteins and DNA. It searches everywhere. Scientists have discovered that the free radical's actions as it searches for its pair can damage the molecules with which it reacts - lipids, proteins and DNA. This damage may even produce the cell's demise, often called "degeneration", thus the term "chronic degenerative disorder"- degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint and spine disease, degenerative eye disease and on and on.

When you have chronic or excessive pain, oxidative stress takes on additional significance - a powerful two-edged sword. It is both a source of inflammation in your body as well as a response to inflammation in your body. It produces inflammation when your body is exposed to toxins,injury or microorganisms. At the same time, the process of inflammation, whether for a healing purpose or uncontrolled as in an infection, actually creates more of physiological damage.

Not all oxidative stress is bad. You need some for the normal metabolic processes of life to work. Furthermore, some pain conditions are a result of altered, innate, genetically-determined responses to it, thus leading to excessive inflammation.

Oxidative stress has also been linked to premature aging. It has been cited as a performance-limiting factor in physical activity. Subsequently, preventing or reducing the process may result in an overall improved level of health and wellness. Reducing or neutralizing this physiological reaction can both limit the formation of inflammation in your body from internal and external environmental sources as well as diminish your body's response to inflammation, thus impacting pain and other symptoms.

How do you control oxidative stress? Nature has given you a whole host of innate mechanisms including enzymes made by your body to neutralize it. However, some people genetically cannot produce adequate amounts of enzymes to fight all the physiologic stress they produce or to which they are exposed. Fortunately, your body also has the ability to fight this stress using nutrients found in your diet - vitamin C, E, D and A as well as minerals such as zinc and copper.

In addition, a whole host of bioflavonoids (big molecules found in fruits and vegetables) act as antioxidants, neutralizing this process. The good stuff found in grapes, grape seeds, blueberries, bilberries, i.e. colorful molecules found in fruits and vegetables - are actually nature's way of helping you fight oxidative stress through your diet.

Yet, there are times when diet alone is inadequate to provide enough nutrition, especially antioxidant capability, to neutralize your body's stress. For instance, if your eat a limited variety of foods (a restricted diet) you may not consume adequate levels of antioxidants. In addition, the foods you do eat may be limited in nutrients because they have been excessively processed - stripped of vital nutrients such as antioxidants. Foods grown in poor soil conditions will be nutritionally deficient. This is when supplementation becomes necessary. Supplementation can provide the vitamins, minerals and bioflavonoids missing in your diet to work as antioxidants and neutralize this physical response.

In summary, you have two mechanisms available for reducing unavoidable stress on your body - your own enzyme system and your diet. Control of your enzyme system is involuntary because it is directed by your genetic code. But your diet is under your voluntary control. Wise dietary choices can compensate for the challenges nature may have given you through your DNA code. Make healthy choices to fight oxidative stress, decrease inflammation and fight pain!

 

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Diabetic neuropathy is one of the more painful problems that occurs with the progression of diabetes. Neuropathy is another term for nerve damage, and in this case, it is nerve damage resulting from inadequate blood supply to the nerves. The blood supply becomes restricted by atherosclerotic plaque formation in the small blood vessels that supply the nerves, and this is a common result of increased blood lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides) associated with diabetes.

Diabetic neuropathy typically first involves the feet, and may later involve the hands, creating the "stocking and glove" pattern of symptoms. As the nerves degenerate from lack of blood supply (and therefore a lack of vital oxygen to the nerve tissue), various symptoms of nerve damage begin to arise. The symptoms of diabetic neuropathy may include numbness, burning pain, tingling, and stabbing pain.

Because diabetic neuropathy is tied to poor blood flow (and resulting decreased oxygen) to the nerves, symptoms tend to be worse at the extremes of activity level. When someone with diabetic neuropathy is inactive for an extended period of time, such as when sleeping, overall blood pressure and circulation decreases, resulting in decreased blood flow and oxygen supply to the nerves, and increased neuropathy symptoms. This often results in restless sleep, or a complete inability to sleep due to pain.

On the other end of the activity range, when someone with diabetic neuropathy exerts him or herself, overall circulation is increased, but there is increased uptake of oxygen by the large muscles. This means that less oxygen is available in the smaller blood vessels that supply the nerves in the feet and hands. This is why it is usually necessary for people with diabetic neuropathy to rest frequently any time they have to walk or exert themselves.

In addition to pain, the loss of nerve function in the feet begins to interfere with balance and coordination when walking. Balance is controlled by nerve signals from the feet, visual cues from the eyes, and from the vestibular system in the inner ears. While normal balance can typically be maintained when one of these 3 systems is partially diminished in function, major losses in one system, or partial losses in two or all 3 can dramatically interfere with balance when standing or walking. Since diabetes not only causes loss of nerve function in the feet, but also tends to eventually interfere with vision, and because older diabetics often have other age-related losses in the visual and vestibular senses, a major loss of balance can result. The loss of balance is often one of the more debilitating aspects of diabetic neuropathy, and many times causes falls and other accidents that result in injuries.

Medications are available that can decrease the pain of diabetic neuropathy, but do little to improve actual nerve function, nor help with neuropathy-related balance problems. There are some natural treatments; however, that do appear to improve nerve function in many cases. Of course, the first line of defense is simply making the necessary lifestyle changes to try to reverse diabetes and/or to prevent it from getting worse, including diet and exercise. Beyond that, there are nutritional supplements and other interventions that have shown promising results in recent studies in actually improving nerve function in cases of diabetic neuropathy.

Probably the best of these natural treatments is alpha-lipoic acid. Numerous studies have shown significant improvements in diabetic neuropathy with both oral and intravenous supplementation of this nutrient. Alpha-lipoic acid is a strong anti-oxidant which is beneficial to cardiovascular health, but also appears to have a direct effect on healing diabetes-related nerve damage.

Another promising treatment is magnetic therapy, particularly using magnetic shoe insoles for diabetic neuropathy in the feet. It should be noted that there is a large range in magnet strength used in magnetic insoles, and it appears that the effectiveness of magnet therapy improves with higher magnet strength (higher gauss rating). Preliminary studies have shown good results with magnetic insoles, and it is speculated that magnetic gloves might produce similar results in neuropathy of the hands.

While it may not be possible to completely eliminate diabetic neuropathy, there is much that can be done to improve the situation with natural remedies in the majority of cases.

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