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What is (are) Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | Diabetic neuropathies are a family of nerve disorders caused by diabetes. People with diabetes can, over time, develop nerve damage throughout the body. Some people with nerve damage have no symptoms. Others may have symptoms such as pain, tingling, or numbnessloss of feelingin the hands, arms, feet, and legs. Nerve pr... | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
What causes Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | The causes are probably different for different types of diabetic neuropathy. Researchers are studying how prolonged exposure to high blood glucose causes nerve damage. Nerve damage is likely due to a combination of factors:
- metabolic factors, such as high blood glucose, long duration of diabetes, ab... | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
What are the symptoms of Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | Symptoms depend on the type of neuropathy and which nerves are affected. Some people with nerve damage have no symptoms at all. For others, the first symptom is often numbness, tingling, or pain in the feet. Symptoms are often minor at first, and because most nerve damage occurs over several years, mild cases may go un... | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
What is (are) Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | Diabetic neuropathy can be classified as peripheral, autonomic, proximal, or focal. Each affects different parts of the body in various ways.
- Peripheral neuropathy, the most common type of diabetic neuropathy, causes pain or loss of feeling in the toes, feet, legs, hands, and arms. - Autonomic neuro... | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
What is (are) Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | Peripheral neuropathy, also called distal symmetric neuropathy or sensorimotor neuropathy, is nerve damage in the arms and legs. Feet and legs are likely to be affected before hands and arms. Many people with diabetes have signs of neuropathy that a doctor could note but feel no symptoms themselves. Symptoms of periphe... | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
What is (are) Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | Autonomic neuropathy affects the nerves that control the heart, regulate blood pressure, and control blood glucose levels. Autonomic neuropathy also affects other internal organs, causing problems with digestion, respiratory function, urination, sexual response, and vision. In addition, the system that restores blood g... | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
What is (are) Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | Proximal neuropathy, sometimes called lumbosacral plexus neuropathy, femoral neuropathy, or diabetic amyotrophy, starts with pain in the thighs, hips, buttocks, or legs, usually on one side of the body. This type of neuropathy is more common in those with type 2 diabetes and in older adults with diabetes. Proximal neur... | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
What is (are) Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | Focal neuropathy appears suddenly and affects specific nerves, most often in the head, torso, or leg. Focal neuropathy may cause
- inability to focus the eye - double vision - aching behind one eye - paralysis on one side of the face, called Bell's palsy - severe pain in the lower back or pelvis -... | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
How to prevent Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | The best way to prevent neuropathy is to keep blood glucose levels as close to the normal range as possible. Maintaining safe blood glucose levels protects nerves throughout the body. | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
How to diagnose Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | Doctors diagnose neuropathy on the basis of symptoms and a physical exam. During the exam, the doctor may check blood pressure, heart rate, muscle strength, reflexes, and sensitivity to position changes, vibration, temperature, or light touch.
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Experts recommend that people w... | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
What are the treatments for Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | The first treatment step is to bring blood glucose levels within the normal range to help prevent further nerve damage. Blood glucose monitoring, meal planning, physical activity, and diabetes medicines or insulin will help control blood glucose levels. Symptoms may get worse when blood glucose is first brought under c... | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
What to do for Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes ? | - Diabetic neuropathies are nerve disorders caused by many of the abnormalities common to diabetes, such as high blood glucose. - Neuropathy can affect nerves throughout the body, causing numbness and sometimes pain in the hands, arms, feet, or legs, and problems with the digestive tract, heart, sex organs, and other ... | NIDDK | Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes |
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