Neuropathy describes a group of conditions caused by nerve damage resulting in chronic pain. Diabetes, a disease involving increased levels of glucose--sugar--in the blood, causes neuropathy in 60 to 70 percent of patients, according to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse. The most common type of neuropathy, peripheral neuropathy, affects the nerves outside the central nervous system, causing pain, numbness and tingling in the arms, legs, hands and feet. Doctors prescribe opium based drugs to relieve the pain of diabetic neuropathy.
According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms vary, but drug treatments are similar.
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According to Medline Plus, of the National Institutes of Health, diabetes causes the levels of blood sugar to become too high. This can damage the covering of the nerves or the blood vessels that supply oxygen to the nerves. Th...
Neuropathy most often is associated with diabetes, whether Type 1 or Type 2. The condition occurs because of damage to nerves caused by high levels of glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream. The Mayo Clinic says neuropathy occurs m...
Neuropathy occurs due to damage to the peripheral nerves, which are any of the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord. The Neuropathy Association reports that approximately 30 percent of all neuropathy cases are caused by ...
Diabetic neuropathy, or peripheral neuropathy, is the loss of sensation, or the painful, burning and tingling of nerves in the hands and the feet due to nerve damage from diabetes. High blood glucose levels damage the small blo...
