Imagine yourself for a second sitting in a chair with your legs hanging down and your feet touching the ground while you spend some time on a sunny afternoon reading the local newspaper and enjoying a cup of tea when suddenly you hear you phone ring and you have to get up and go get it. You were aware that you had some tingly feeling going on in your feet but only brushed it off as it was not seriously bothering you but only to find yourself in excruciating pain when you got up and started walking that you realized that something is terribly wrong. With every step the feeling became more intense and instead of thinking that you are getting closer to your phone, you start thinking will you even be able to make it that far? With every step you feel a thousand pins pricking you from the bottom of your feet making it not only hard for you to walk but upsetting everything else in your body especially your mood… forcing you to fall into depression as to what can be so severely wrong ?!
Believe it or not, this is only a mild exemplary case of a disease process known as Neuropathy, more specifically Peripheral Neuropathy. Peripheral meaning body parts such as arms, legs and more importantly your feet will lay victim if not prevented and taken care of as soon as possible, perhaps even before symptoms begin.
Some symptoms of foot neuropathy are numbness, pain, burning, sensory loss, muscle weakness, and slowed reflexes in the foot. These are usually brought upon due to damage or disease to the nerves in your foot which carry signal to the brain and convey messages from the brain back to your feet; thus being extremely important in not only the overall being of the foot but the entire body as nerves travel everywhere in the human body. Also Neuropathy does not tend to stay just localized in the foot but will start traveling to other body parts as soon as it gets a chance. Thus it is very important to maintain a healthy diet and take overall care of your body and check for early signs. If symptoms exist, it is crucial to go see a podiatrist, who are experts in not only complications such as neuropathy, but any and everything that relates to the foot and ankle.
If you are already experiencing symptoms of foot neuropathy, your podiatrist can give you medications to control and even diminish your symptoms thus preventing a list ailments that could follow. One of such cures can come from an oral treatment called Neuremedy. Nicknamed the Neuropathy Vitamin, it has shown to improve conditions of many people suffering from neuropathy while not having adverse affects when taken with other medicines which is a huge plus! How Neuremedy works is replacing the body with Thiamine (Vitamin B1) which is in low quantities in the body and specifically the nerves. Neuremedy nourishes the nerves with Vitamin B1 so as to restore proper function.
Elderly people, people with diabetes, people who have had gastric by-pass surgery or patients on certain medications are all at greater risk for having low levels of Thiamine in their bodies and are highly recommended to go consult with their podiatrist whether Neuremedy is right for them. Though also available on the internet, it is important to speak with an expert before buying any health supplements for consumption.
Stay tuned for future blogs regarding neuropathy and it’s causes, further treatments and even some specific cases involving real patients.
