Whats is Diabetic neuropathy ? (part one)

Diabetic neuropathy is a disease that is nerve damage that occurs due to diabetes. High blood sugar levels in a prolonged period of time can lead to damage to the nerve fibers in the whole body, such as the limbs, feet, circulation, heart, gastrointestinal tract, and urinary tract. Diabetic Neuropathies including the serious complications of diabetes.

Diabetic neuropathy is not curable, but the drug may resolve the symptoms arise.

Keep your sugar levels and live healthy life patterns to avoid the disease. Diabetic neuropathy sufferers while on, keep your blood sugar levels and lead healthy life patterns can slow the progression of the disease.

Symptoms Of Diabetic Neuropathy

Diabetic neuropathy symptoms generally develop gradually and the new sufferers notice it after significant nerve damage occurs. Based on the location of the damaged nerve, diabetic neuropathy is divided into four types, namely mononeuropathy, autonomic neuropathy, neuropathy, as well as femoral neuropathy peripheral.

Focal neuropathy or Mononeuropathy regarding certain nerves in the face, torso, or legs. Although symptoms can feel painful, this condition can be improved by itself within a few weeks or months. Symptoms arising from the mononeuropathy of which are:

Paralyzed on one side of the face. Pain in the shins, feet, hips, lower back, quads, chest, or abdomen.

The pain behind the eye, the eye is the hard to focus or double vision. Types of neuropathy diabetic autonomic neuropathy are next, that is, a condition which can cause damage to the nervous system that regulates various functions of the body, such as the digestive, urinary, genital, and the vascular system (blood vessels). The symptoms caused among other things:

The digestive system: bloating, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, or pain midriff. On the vascular system: heart beat becomes more rapid, low blood pressure, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, or gaze into the dark after standing up quickly (orthostatic hypotension).

On the genital system: erectile dysfunction, vaginal dryness, or hard orgasm The urinary tract: bloating, incontinence of urine, or difficulty emptying the bladder (urinating at the time seemed not completely).

The third type of diabetic neuropathy is femoral neuropathy, or often called diabetic amyotrophy, namely the condition that attacks the nerves located in the hips, thighs, buttocks, or legs. The symptoms caused among other things:

It's hard getting up from a sitting position.

Belly became swollen.

Great pain at the waist, thighs, or buttocks.

Types of diabetic neuropathy that is peripheral neuropathy. The most abundant type of inflicted this cause damage to the peripheral nervous system, especially in the legs and feet.

Symptoms that can appear in the form:

Tingling in the lower leg, or feels hot.

Cramping or pain.

Reflexes are diminished.

Loss of balance and coordination.

Weak muscles.

Serious problems in the feet, such as serious infections, ulcers, the pain of joints and bones, or change forms (deformities).

Numb fingers or a decrease in the ability to feel pain and temperature changes.

Causes Of Diabetic Neuropathy

Diabetic neuropathy is caused by a combination of several factors. The main factor is the high blood sugar levels in a long time which makes the walls of the blood vessels (capillaries) become weak, so can't give the intake of oxygen and nutrients to the nerves. In the end, the nerve cells become damaged.

While other factors that play a role in diabetic neuropathy is nerve inflammation, genetic factors are caused by an autoimmune response, as well as the habit of consuming alcohol and smoking, which causes damage to the nerves and blood vessels.

The risk of diabetic neuropathy experienced will be higher if:

-Diabetes suffered for a long time with blood sugar levels are not maintained properly.

-Experience a disruption in the kidneys so that toxins in the blood rise and can cause nerve damage.

-Smoking. The habit of smoking can cause the arteries are narrowed and hardened, so that blood flow to the feet is reduced. These conditions make injuries more difficult to heal.

-Having excess body weight.

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