Nerve damage, or neuropathy, can be caused by trauma such as a car accident or fall, or by disease such as diabetes. It leads to many problems that can severely lower a person’s quality of life.
Nerve damage often manifests itself in loss of tactile sensation in the affected area. In diabetic peripheral neuropathy, it manifests itself as burning and numbness in the feet and hands.
When a person first experiences these symptoms he wants to know if the nerve damage can be reversed or if it is permanent, and will it get worse than it is now?
The answer is that nerve damage can be reversed in certain circumstances. I can personally testify to that because I suffered from severe burning pain in my hands caused by diabetes mellitus, but thankfully I no longer have any of the symptoms.
Our nerves have a limited capacity to regenerate themselves as long as they have not completely died. Therefore, it is imperative that you find the specific cause of your nerve damage and do what you can to eliminate it. This gives your nerves a chance to heal themselves and reverse the damage.
In my case, I didn’t even know I had type II diabetes until I experienced the symptoms of peripheral neuropathy. I was only about 10 pounds overweight and did not consider myself a strong candidate for diabetes.
But blood tests confirmed that I indeed did have high blood sugar that was borderline type 2 diabetic, and although I was distressed to learn about this, I was very thankful to at least have a definitive cause to my symptoms.
About a third of people who suffer from nerve damage cannot get a definitive diagnosis as to why they are suffering. Another third of people with neuropathy acquire the disease from diabetes, so that is the most likely cause if you are experiencing symptoms.
I worried that the tingling and numbness in my hands would never go away. But I changed my diet and exercise plan and got my diabetes under control without the help of drugs. I am lucky today because my nerve damage was completely reversed and healed and I no longer suffer from those dreaded symptoms.
If you have neuropathy, you must see a doctor right away to diagnose and treat the underlying cause. Time is of the essence because your nerves will continue to be damaged until this is done, and the more they are damaged the less likely there is a chance that they can regenerate and heal.
If the damage is caught early enough, it is likely that they can be reversed with proper care. You must take the symptoms seriously and take immediate action to promote nerve regeneration before it is too late.
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MWW
When it comes to feet numbness I fully understand how this becomes so uncomfortable. So what I did to regenerate my nerves back to an ongoing healing process was I begin earthing (putting my bare feet on the ground for 10 to 20 minutes a day. When the ground is wet I do seem to get better results. It not only reduces the pain but I can tell it speeds up the healing process overall. Through much research I found that countries where people actually touch the ground with their bare feet all the time they have less problems with foot numbness. It has taken me almost a year but now I am seeing less and less of this problem. Plus, earthing benefits your overall health issues going on. Also, I noticed that my blood sugar level is back to normal. Of course 10 minutes of working out, making better food choices, limiting my sugar intake and doing away with any oils out of a bottle has some how position my body back to normal. My doctor was sort of confused as to why all this happen to me. He basically wrote it off as my overall weight loss. Two years ago I was a 44 waste line and weighed in at 295 lbs. Now I an a 34 waste line and weigh in at 215 lbs. I’m 6 feet tall and 59 years young. I feel better now than I did when I was 40. I really believe that prayer, executing my faith, changing my food choices, reducing my sugar intake, terminating any and all sugar loaded drinks and becoming more active has all added to my new health status. I mentally convinced myself that changes had to take place so I begin making these changes about two years ago.
Debbie
Hello, I have had Nerve Damage in both Feet for about 4 years now. Mainly the ball of the Foot and toes are numb about 80%, then down the middle of the foot.
My doctor put me on B12 100mg, Iron 65mg and C 500mg, but nothing has gotten better. She did also give me something to take 3 times a day for burning. It works but it is hard to get all doses in all the time.
On top of this I had one of the outer sesamoid bone removed several years ago on one foot, so I have a scar that builds up tissue and then another lump of tissue below it. Both are painful with their own stabs and such.
I started taking ‘Pure Acetyl L-Carnitine: Maximum Strength 1000 mg 200 Capsules’. I read they can help. Anyone heard of this?
Debbie
I wanted to add: The women on my side of the Family (Sister, mom and me) have a condition to where our legs are numb also. Just the top layer about 30% unless I’m standing for awhile and this increases to 70%.
Also, forgot to mention that I’m on Metformin.
Claudia RemÓn
I have two nerve issues to which I pose the same question. Can nerve damage be fixed? I was born with nerve deafness to my right ear and in 2007 a dentist botched a dental implant procedure. To make matters worse, whilst performing a bone graft, she damaged my trigeminal nerve and the results have been slow to notice.
Cindy Syts
I too have nerve damage from a dentist that took my mercury fillings out of my whole mouth. It took me a while to figure out that is when my hearing got bad. I never had a hearing problem until then. Is there any program you can recommend for my to try?