Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral Neuropathy is a term to describe disorders of the peripheral nerves. Your nervous system is divided into two categories, the central nervous system which includes the brain and the spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system, which includes all the other nerves in the body. The peripheral nervous system includes:
- Sensory nerves, which receive sensations like heat, pain or touch and send messages back to the brain
- Motor nerves that control muscle movement
- Autonomic nerves that control bodily functions like heart rate, digestion, blood pressure and bladder function.
The peripheral nervous system is a huge communications network in the body, transmitting information from the central nervous sytem to every other part of the body and from the body's extremities back to the brain. When the peripheral nervous system is damaged, the messages traveling along the nerves can be interrupted and distorted.
This causes a wide variety of symptoms. Some of the more minor symptoms are muscle weakness (which can cause difficulty standing, walking, or getting out of a chair), temporary numbness, tingling and pricking sensations. Moderate symptoms include burning pain, paralysis, muscle wasting and organ or gland dysfunction. Severe symptoms like breathing difficulty or organ failure happen in the most extreme cases.
These under-recognized sensory losses can only be detected with a proper clinical exam. We have been working with a doctor who has given us the necessary tools to uncover the underlying cause of this silent nerve damage.
Most patients experience such bad pain that they have no option but to turn to medical drugs. These do not treat the nerve damage, but only numb the pain. The treatments that we perform are effective and long-lasting and actually treat the nerve damage, returning nerves to their normal healthy function.
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