The risk of developing diabetic neuropathy rises with the duration of diabetes, and up to 50% of people with the condition experience neuropathy. Diabetic neuropathy is the term used to describe the nerve damage brought on by the persistently elevated blood sugar found in diabetics.
As a progressive disease, diabetic neuropathy causes damage to the nervous system and is a complication of diabetes; as a result, symptoms worsen over time.
With some types of neuropathy, the onset of pain may be sudden and severe. Nerve damage may also affect other organs such as the heart, digestive tract, and sex organs. Some diabetics may not experience any symptoms at all, while others may experience pain, tingling, or numbness across the extremities such as the fingers, hands, arms, legs, and feet. These symptoms may be mild at first and not cause concern until the condition has progressed to a more advanced stage.
Causes
Diabetes eventually causes the small blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients to nerve endings to constrict, damaging or even obliterating the nerve fibers if they are not supplied with these essentials.
Types & Symptoms
There are four main types of nerve damage that are referred to as “neuropathy” in people with diabetes.
Peripheral diabetic neuropathy.The toes, feet, and hands can experience pain and numbness because it is the most prevalent type of diabetic neuropathy.
Among the warning signs and symptoms are:
Diminished or numb sensation of temperature changes or pain
· Tingling or burning sensation
· Sharp pains or cramps
An increase in touch sensitivity, with some people finding that the weight of a bed sheet hurts.
Serious foot issues like bone and joint pain, infections, and ulcers
Automatic neuropathyChanges in bowel movements, bladder control, sexual function, and blood pressure are just a few of the systems that are affected by automatic neuropathy and are controlled by the autonomic nervous system.
Among the warning signs and symptoms are:
Hypoglycemia unawareness: the inability to recognize low blood sugar levels
· Bladder or bowel problems
Gastroparesis, which is a slow emptying of the stomach and results in nausea, vomiting, and appetite loss.
Modifications in the eyes’ acclimatization to light and darkness
· Decreased sexual response
Proximal neuropathy. ThisType of neuropathy causes pain in the thighs, hips, or buttocks and results in leg weakness. It frequently affects nerves in the thighs, hips, buttocks, or legs. It can also affect the abdominal and chest area.
Among the warning signs and symptoms are:
Severe buttock, thigh, or hip pain
Future thigh muscles that are getting smaller and weaker
A challenge getting out of a seated position
· Severe stomach pain
Focal neuropathy or mono neuropathy .There are two types of focal neuropathy: cranial and peripheral. Focal neuropathy, also known as mononeuropathy, is the term used to describe damage to a single nerve. It typically manifests as pain in the face, leg, or torso.
Among the warning signs and symptoms are:
Double vision or trouble focusing
· Aching behind one eye
Bell’s palsy, which causes one side of the face to become paralyzed
Tingling and numbness in all but the little finger of the hands and fingers
Hand trembling that could result in dropping objects.
HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES
Since it promotes inner balance at the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical levels, homoeopathy is a rapidly expanding system that is used throughout the world. When it comes to diabetic neuropathy, there are many effective medicines available in homoeopathy, but the choice depends on the patient’s individuality, taking mental and physical health into account.
ARSENICUM ALBUM:Burning pain in the hands and legs; atrophy and paralysis of the lower limbs; tingling in the fingers; weakness and numbness in the feet; ulcers on the soles and toes; restlessness; a wooden feeling in the soles; cramps in the calves; and a creeping, numbing sensation in the hands and feet.
CADMIUM SULPH:Numbness in the limbs, a sensation of ants crawling in the muscles, or paralyzed areas feeling like they are crawling.
CAUSTICUM:Hand tremors and numbness, paralysis of the limbs, tongue paralysis, tongue paralysis in the right hand, unsteady gait and propensity to trip, and cramps in the Achilles tendon, calves, and feet are all symptoms.
CONIUM MACULATUM:Hands that are fatigued, heavy, trembling, and unsteady, with a particular focus on the lower limbs’ muscles. Numb fingers and toes.
HELONIAS DIOICA:Sitting causes feet to feel numb; right hip pain is severe and is worse when moving; the outside of the thigh is sore; and the calves feel as though a cool wind is streaming up them.
HYPERICUM PERFORATUM:Tingling, numbness, burning, and a stumbling sensation in the hands and feet are all common.
KALI PHOSPHORICUM:Numb finger tips, paralytic lameness in back and limbs, worse with exertion, prickling in hands and feet, pain with depression, and a feeling of exhaustion. Foot feels frost-bitten.
OXALIC ACID:Weak, trembling hands and feet, hands that are cold as if dead, tingling and drawing pains that shoot down limbs, and numbness and tingling that extends from the shoulder to the fingertips.
PHOSPHORIC ACID:Great sexual weakness, limb formication, upper arm and wrist cramps, numbness along the radial nerve, and pain at night as if bones were scraped are some of the symptoms.
PICRIC ACID:Acute ascending paralysis, extreme fatigue, a heavy feeling throughout the body—particularly in the hands and legs—pins and needles in the hands and legs, cold feet, and an inability to generate heat.
PLUMBUM METALLICUM:Weakness and painful lameness in the arms and hands. Paradoxical pain in the thigh muscles. Calves cramping. Stinging, tearing, twitching, tingling, numbness, and trembling of the limbs. Paralysis of the lower limbs with muscle wasting.
SULPHUR:Cramps in the calves and soles at night, burning soles at night, and cold feet during the day. At night, you want to put your feet out of bed to cool them off.
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