Saturday 22 August 2009

Diabetic Neuropathy - Making Diabetes Worse!

By Ned Dagostino

Thanks to lifestyle vices, diabetes has reached epidemic proportion in many countries. Severe and deadly as it is, diabetes gives rise to a number of even deadlier complications. Diabetic neuropathy, one such complication, is capable of turning the patient into a vegetable, and even causing a fatality. This disease attacks the nervous system, effectively deactivating the patient's ability to sense and respond to his surrounding, and, more importantly, to control his body's functioning.

Awareness is the prime weapon against any disease. So let it be with diabetic neuropathy! Here, we shall provide the most crucial informational facts about diabetic neuropathy, its symptoms, and its prophylaxis to help you to prevent getting it, or to mitigate it if you already suffer from it.

The core of a living organism is its nervous system. Destroy that, and it lives no longer. The brain is nothing more than the hub of the nervous system. Autonomic diabetic neuropathy attacks the autonomic nervous system controlling the core functions essential to life. Peripheral diabetic neuropathy attacks the peripheral nervous system controlling the normal body functions. Focal diabetic neuropathy attacks nerves individually and selectively, these generally being localized to the lower limbs.

The symptomatic observations associated with diabetic neuropathy are listed below for your information. Use the information to detect this deadly disease.

The patient feels abnormally hot or cold, and sometimes both.

The patient faces uncontrollable urges to urinate suddenly. The same effect may apply to bowel movement but to a lesser extent.

The patient suffers from episodes of belching or flatulence or vomiting.

Sex-related problems, reducing the patient's sexual functionality.

Disorders of the circulatory system, like poor circulation, heart fluttering, and heart seizures.

The damage to the nervous system impairs the patient's sensory capacity. This is a dangerous development, as the patient is unaware of harmful situations which can cause physical injury. For example, if the patient loses sensation in his feet, he may step on a hot object and not feel the heat, and thus sustain burn injuries to his foot.

Diabetic neuropathy can be cured only when the underlying diabetes is cured. In the meanwhile, the patient can get relief from the problems associated with diabetic neuropathy in a number of ways.

The patient's blood glucose should be closely monitored to prevent it from rising out of control and aggravating diabetic neuropathy. Medications for specific symptomatic problems can be availed of. Intolerable pain can be relieved with pain relievers. Sexual disorders can be treated using topical creams and lubricants. The patient should be regular in taking the treatment prescribed by a qualified physician. Diabetic neuropathy can be fatal! Take heed of the warning and make use of the information contained in this article, and diabetic neuropathy will surely recede into the past!

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