Posts Tagged ‘Neuropathy’
Alternative Health – Watch Out For Tingling and Shooting Pains in Your Feet Or Hands!
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Numbness, shooting pains, and a pins-and-needles type of pain in your feet... these are signs of nerve damage, or neuropathy. If this is the case taking some of these steps will help you.
Supplements For Treating Neuropathy Or the Tingling in Your Hands and Feet!
Monday, February 1st, 2010
A healthful eating plan does so much more than keep your blood sugar down, it protects your whole body. So if type 2 diabetes rages out of control, it not only damages your heart, it also attacks your nerves, your eyes and your kidneys. Some people with nerve damage have no symptoms at all. For others, the first symptom of type 2 diabetes and nerve damage, are often numbness in their hands and feet, or tingling or pain in their feet.
Will Lipoic Acid Supplements Improve Your Neuropathy?
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Although lipoic acid is not considered an essential nutrient, it is actually multi-talented. It is a fatty acid found naturally in all human cells, and as we humans age we produce less and less of it internally. It also works as an antioxidant that penetrates both the fat soluble and water soluble portions of your body. This means lipoic acid has access to virtually all of your body, whereas most antioxidants only protect specific areas of your body.
Let’s Look at Neuropathy and Type 2 Diabetes!
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Type 2 diabetes develops gradually over several years, even as many as twelve. Unfortunately the sufferer is usually unaware various changes are taking place in their body until such time as the pancreas stops being able to supply sufficient amounts of insulin to help carry sugar through to the body's cells.
Foot Care in Diabetes & Some Simple Health Tips
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Foot care in diabetes is a common source of discussion among researchers, doctors, nurses and scientists. Due to a complication known as neuropathy, diabetics have decreased sensitivity and intolerance to cold in their extremities. Neuropathy occurs when the blood supply to the tiny nerve endings in the feet and hands is cut off or reduced. It is commonly found in patients that also have eye problems like retinopathy, a related complication.