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Diabetic Neuropathy Pain Relief
Diabetic Peripheral & Proximal Neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy pain affects:
toes
feet
legs
hands
arms
Proximal neuropathy pain affects:
thighs
hips
buttocks
legs
Diabetic Neuropathy peripheral/proximal pain results when nerve fibers are damaged. Damaged fibers aren't able to send messages from your skin to your brain as they normally do. Instead the messages become confused and exaggerated, causing chronic, often excruciating pain that may persist for months — or even years — in the area where the diabetic neuropathy pain first occured.
Diabetic neuropathy is difficult to treat even by even the best of physicians and specialists. Specific treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy problems will be determined by a physician, preferably a specialist – preferably one who deals with diabetes and diabetic neuropathy. Most have seen everything under the sun when it comes to problems with of the diabetic neuropathy. How he/she deals with your particular condition will depend on...
• Your age, overall health, and medical history
• Extent of your condition in the area of your diabetic neuropathy pain
• Your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies for the your diabetic neuropathy condition
• Expectations for the course of your diabetic neuropathy pain condition
• Your opinion, preference, or tolerance level for various diabetic neuropathy treatment regimens
The areas of the body most commonly affected by diabetic peripheral neuropathy are the feet and legs. Nerve damage in the feet can result in a loss of foot sensation, increasing your risk of foot problems. Injuries and sores on the feet may go unrecognized due to lack of sensation. Therefore, you should practice proper skin and foot care. Rarely, other areas of the body such as the arms, abdomen, and back may be affected.
Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral/Proximal Neuropathy may include:
•Tingling
•Numbness (severe or long-term numbness can become permanent)
•Burning (especially in the evening)
• Sharp and jabbing, burning, or deep and aching pain
• Extreme sensitivity to touch and temperature change
• Itching in a specific area of the diabetic neuropathy
When to Seek Medical Advice for Diabetic Neuropathy Pain Relief
If you have diabetes and any type of persistent stabbing painc occurs, you may be developing a diabetic neuropathy problem and should see your doctor right away. Finding an effective treatment to relieve the diabetic neuropathy pain can sometimes be frustrating. You may have to work with your doctor and sometimes other specialists to try a variety of treatments before you find something that helps your particular condition. Please try the non-narcotic, non-drug route before you resort to prescription drugs.
Self-Care for Your Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy or Diabetic Proximal Neuropathy
After talking with your doctor, use of over-the-counter medications may ease your diabetic neuropathy pain:
Field application trials with people who suffer from diabetic neuropathy problems has proven that our products are highly effective pain relievers for diabetic neuropathy conditions. Each product is applied topically/orally to your area of diabetic peripheral/proximal neuropathy pain discomfort and gets right to the source of the neuropathy pain by not attacking the inflammation of the nerves in the affected area but rather causing the nerves to relax and in essence "turn off the pain signal to your spinal chord, the pain connector to your brain". Our diabetic neuropathy pain relief products will not cause a burning sensation to irritate your skin. ZERO side effects exist with our products no matter how many neuropathy pain relief applications are applied over any time frame. How long an application will deliver diabetic neuropathy pain relief depends on the physiology of you as an individual, the location of the pain, peripheral or proximal, but in general up to eight hours relief can be expected.
Apply your topical solution to the area of diabetic neuropathy pain about the size of the cup palm of your hand, LET IT DRY and then if convenient, apply a heat compress or pad over the treatment area...a heat compress isn't necessary but it helps you to gain the full pain relief benefit of your particular diabetic neuropathy pain condition.
Other Products that May Prove Beneficial for Diabetic Neuropathy
Capsaicin – This cream, made from the seeds of hot chili peppers, may relieve skin hypersensitivity. It's
the only medication approved by the FDA for treatment of the diabetic neuropathy. Capsaicin (Capzasin-P, Zostrix)
depletes your nerve cells of a chemical called substance P, which is involved in sending pain messages to
your brain. You periodically rub the cream on the involved area of your skin, usually three times a day.
Capsaicin can cause a burning sensation and irritate your skin, but these side effects usually disappear
over time. Follow the application instructions carefully because Capsaicin cream can be very irritating if
rubbed on nonaffected parts of your body, such as your eyes.
Topical Analgesics and Anesthetics – Aspirin mixed into an absorbing cream or nonprescription-strength
lidocaine cream may reduce skin hypersensitivity. Don't apply cream containing lidocaine to your face.
Your doctor also may recommend using a cream containing other medications for your diabetic neuropathy.
Topical Solution pain relief products are applied topically to your area of peripheral neuropathy discomfort to get right to the source of your pain by not attacking the inflammation of the the nerve but rather causing the nerve to relax and in essence "turn off the pain signal to your spinal chord, the pain connector to your brain". Topical Solutions are not a cure, however, the topical treatments on this web site are the best treatment for diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
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