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Diabetic neuropathy of the foot impact on the budget – what you can do to prevent falls!

Diabetic neuropathy of the foot impact on the budget – what you can do to prevent falls!

Diabetic neuropathy of the foot impact on the budget – what you can do to prevent falls!

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:40 PM PDT

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As many as one in two people with type 2 diabetes eventually develop a condition called chronic nerve damage in the legs, such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Glucose, a type of sugar in the blood flows into the nervous tissue, which may at first in secret fructose and sorbitol for storage. In a period of years, fructose and sorbitol slows the transmission of electrical impulses through the nerves and causes the destruction of nerve cells themselves. As more and moreand more nerve fibers in the legs are destroyed, there is one:

a loss of sensation, and then
a high risk for falls

Diabetics are at higher risk for falls when sensory input to compensate for less loss of sensation in the feet. Close your eyes, or walking in a dark room, for example, has caused more falls. Even on one leg is more difficult for a diabetic with eyes closed, but easier if the eyes are opensays that diabetics can assess whether he or she is upright.

, The most important nerves in the feet to maintain both sides of the feet to slide. Everything that you hold the foot flat on the floor increases the information so that your brain so that it falls. Vibrating the soles of shoes can also help prevent falls from a permanent redirect to the feet … But they are not very useful in the dark. The brain has yet toInformation from the eyes to compensate for the lack of information from the feet.

What can be done to improve the diabetic peripheral neuropathy?

Here are some treatments that work:

Alpha-lipoic acid can reverse many of the symptoms of nerve damage. Always take 1 mg of biotin with 100 mg of alpha-lipoic acid, biotin deficiency to prevent
Gel insoles can be sent to a feeling of pressure on the sides of the feet, whereDiabetic nerve damage is usually at least
in diabetic men, is a drug for the treatment of erectile dysfunction also improve diabetic peripheral neuropathy
amitryptyline as tricyclic antidepressants (Elavil), to relieve foot pain and peripheral neuropathy, but usually are not sufficient to ensure a balance
Capsaicin (hot pepper) creams usually reduce foot pain … but not in equilibrium. Be sure to capsaicin creams such as selective use on the label and be careful to avoiddo not get the cream in the eye.

About 15% of people with diabetes develop a serious problem at the feet of some sort during their lifetime and about 1 in 10 type 2 diabetic neuropathy of the feet even before she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Every person with diabetes, type 1 or type 2 should have regular foot exams to make sure the first time, learn to diabetic peripheral neuropathy is not, ifhad a bad fall. Do not hesitate to remind your doctor to check the feeling in your feet at least once a year to review as part of a comprehensive foot!

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