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What Exactly Is Neuropathy?

Diabetic neuropathy is damage to the body’s delicate nerve fibers that results from high blood sugar. Symptoms can range from tingling and numbness to debilitating pain. And because diabetic neuropathy develops over time, symptoms may not arise until the damage to the nerves is significant.

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What Exactly Is Neuropathy?

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  1. What Is Neuropathy? Neuropathy is the term used to describe a problem with the nerves, usually the 'peripheral nerves' as opposed to the 'central nervous system' (the brain and spinal cord). Diabetic neuropathy is damage to the body’s delicate nerve fibers that results from high blood sugar. Symptoms can range from tingling and numbness to debilitating pain. Although diabetic neuropathy can develop at any time, the risk rises with age and duration of diabetes. In fact, patients who have had diabetes for 25 years or more demonstrate the highest occurrence of diabetic neuropathy. https://www.benfocomplete.com/what-exactly-is-neuropathy/

  2. Four Types Of Neuropathy • Peripheral Neuropathy • Autonomic Neuropathy • Proximal Neuropathy • Focal neuropathy https://www.benfocomplete.com/what-exactly-is-neuropathy/

  3. Four Types Of Neuropathy • Peripheral Neuropathy :- Peripheral Neuropathy is nerve damage that results when nerve cells are damaged or destroyed, distorting the way the nerves communicate with the brain and with each other. • Autonomic Neuropathy :- Autonomic Neuropathy impacts the nerves that control the body systems, and those functions of the body that we don’t consciously think about: heart, blood pressure, and blood glucose https://www.benfocomplete.com/what-exactly-is-neuropathy/

  4. Four Types Of Neuropathy • Proximal neuropathy -: Proximal Neuropathy generally begins as pain in the hips, thighs, legs or buttocks, and usually occurs on one side of the body. It is most common in patients with type 2 diabetes and older adults. Proximal neuropathy causes weakness and pain in the legs and often results in patients requiring help to move from a sitting to a standing position. • Focal neuropathy :-Focal Neuropathy begins suddenly and affects specific nerves, specifically those in the head, legs and torso. It is unpredictable and it occurs most frequently in older diabetics. https://www.benfocomplete.com/what-exactly-is-neuropathy/

  5. Three Types Of Nerves Motor nerves :-Motor Nerves are responsible for sending messages from the brain to all the body’s muscles and are responsible for our ability to walk, pick things up and throw a ball. Sensory nerves -: Sensory nerves send messages in the opposite direction, from the muscles back to the brain and help people sense whether an object is smooth or rough; sharp or dull; hot or cold; still or moving. Autonomic nerves-: Autonomic Nerves control those parts of the body that are involuntary or semi-voluntary, like heart rate, digestion, sweating and blood pressure. https://www.benfocomplete.com/what-exactly-is-neuropathy/

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