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A 45-year-old member asked:
Are the symptoms of peripheral neuropathy bad?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
18 years experience
Sometimes: Numbness, tingling, and burning are the most frequent symptoms of peripheral neuropathy. Many people describe it as when a foot that has "fallen asleep" is coming "back to life, " except all the time. Many people find it very uncomfortable.
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Dr. Margarita Correa-Perezanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 43 years experience
Sometimes : Neuropathic pain varies from mild to severe. If related to conditions like diabetes mellitus, may improve controlling glucose level. If related to vitamin B12 deficiency, if treated pain gets better or disappear. Medications such as pregabalin, duloxetine can help treat pain related to diabetic neuropathy but do not cure the underlying condition.
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Dr. Christopher Dowdanswered
Internal Medicine 22 years experience
Underlying cause: I agree with the previous answers and would add that identifying and addressing the underlying cause, when possible, is important, and can delay or prevent worsening, and sometimes lead to improvement. Diabetes is a common cause, B12 deficiency less common, and there are many others. Another common one is excessive alcohol consumption, and this can be addressed.
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Dr. Adam Teichmananswered
Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery 21 years experience
It can be: When you suffer from peripheral neuropathy in the foot and ankle you loose what we call portective threshold. This can lead to infections and open wounds, because you are unbale to feel things people who do not suffer form neuropathy. I would recommend seeing a speicialist ( neurologist or your famliy doctor) to guide you in what to do next.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
What are the symptoms of peripheral neuropathy? How do I know if I have it?
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Dr. Thomas Nameyanswered
Rheumatology 50 years experience
Usually....: Numbness or dysthesia ( an unpleasant sensation) in the most distal (far from the torso) of extremities, first affecting the feet and later, the hands.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Are there symptoms or signs that indicate peripheral neuropathy has developed?
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Dr. Michele Arnoldanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 24 years experience
Painful feet: This is how peripheral neuropathy makes itself known: numbness, tingling, stinging, burning or sensitivity of (typically) both feet, most often at night. Some patients feel odd sensations, like having a perpetual wrinkle in their socks, or the sense of a wad of tissue by the ball of the foot, electrical shocking sensations, or coldness. Diabetes, thyroid disease, and RA are risk factors.
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A member asked:
How bad can peripheral neuropathy get? not diabetic. ..
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Depends: It depends on the cause. Neuropathy may result in ulcers, infections, joint damage and related complications that my necessitate amputation.
You may visit this site for more info: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Peripheral-Neuropathy-Fact-Sheet
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Dr. Gurmukh Singh commented
Pathology 51 years experience
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Dec 24, 2017
A 35-year-old member asked:
The symptoms of chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy are expected to be?
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Dr. Liawaty Hoanswered
Hematology and Oncology 25 years experience
Peripheral neuropath: Most commonly presented as numbness/decreased sensation and tingling on your fingers and toes (stocking-glove pattern) . When it is worse it can then be presented as pain / discomfort on your hands and feet. ( painful neuropathy). Sometimes, particular chemotherapy like oxaliplatin also can give you cold induced pain.
Chemo induced neuropathy - usually is accumulative.
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