Chronic pain, defined by experts as the pain that lasts for a period of 3 months or more, plagues more than 43 million Americans every year. Yet, even with such large numbers of people affected by the pain, the treatment in America and throughout the world for chronic pain seems woefully underdeveloped. One would wonder [...]
Many patients of diabetes are unfortunate enough to actually develop diabetic peripheral neuropathy as well. This disease has its toll on the feet and legs because it is caused by nerve damage, mainly around the feet. Patients are known to experience numbness due to the poor flow of blood to the lower part of the [...]
The nervous system has a very complex task that is to monitor and to coordinate the functions of the internal organ and it then reacts to any diversity in its surroundings. It is responsible for transmitting, accepting and translating information to and from the various parts of the body. It commands the actions of the [...]
Truly any addiction ultimately leads to self destruction. Before your addiction gets the better of you, you should put an end to it. Lifelong addiction to alcohol or excessive alcohol drinking can eventually lead to a very painful nerve disorder – alcoholic neuropathy. Neuropathy is defined as the damage to the peripheral nerves of the [...]
What is optic neuropathy? Optical neuropathy is a type of disorder that causes that damage to the optic nerve of the eye. The optic nerve is the nerve that is responsible for sending visual messages to the brain for interpretation. An inflammation of this nerve would therefore lead to its damage. In some instances, [...]
Optic neuropathy is a disorder that affects the optic nerve in the eye. Some of the likely causes of nerve damage in the eye are as listed here: exposure to harmful toxins such as cigarettes and alcohol, over uses of medication and tumours. Secondly infections such as viral and bacterial infections in the optical nervous [...]
What is Peripheral neuropathy? Neuropathy is a disorder that causes damage to the nerves of the body. This may occur on the hands, the legs and the feet. Even though such areas are the most likely body parts to be affected,this does not mean that they are the only parts to be affected by this [...]
What is diabetic neuropathy? Diabetic neuropathy is a disorder that causes the nerves of the body to be numb. Examples of the parts that are affected by this disorder include the legs, the feet the hands and even the internal bodily organs. This type of neuropathic disorder affects people with diabetes. The high blood sugar [...]
What Is Neuropathy? When you see or read a word with the prefix “neuro”, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? “Neuro” is a suffix that is associated with the brain or the nervous system in general. What is neuropathy, then? Neuropathy is a term used to refer to a group [...]
Neuropathy is a chronic pain that occurs due to any change or damage to the peripheral nervous system. This change may be a pathological change or it can be any functional disturbance due to which pain occurs. Neuropathy can result in pain and weakness in different parts of body. The most important kind of neuropathy [...]
