Some toxic, inflammation-based forms of peripheral neuropathy can develop rapidly over days or weeks, while most other conditions can take months, years, or even. Peripheral neuropathy usually can't be cured, but there are many things you can do to keep it from getting worse. If the cause is an underlying condition, such as diabetes, your healthcare provider will treat it first and then treat pain and other symptoms of neuropathy. For many people, lifestyle changes and treatment are often successful in delaying the progression of neuropathy.
If a nerve other than the nerve in the brain or spinal cord is damaged, the condition is called neuropathy. And unfortunately, this condition can lead to a variety of unwanted symptoms. For example, you may experience tingling and numbness in your extremities, muscle weakness in affected areas, or loss of feeling in your feet. You can develop neuropathy for a variety of reasons, from uncontrolled type 2 diabetes to nutrient deficiencies.
Ultimately, however, regardless of the cause, the symptoms of neuropathy are the result of nerve damage. If you don't treat the cause of the neuropathy, nerve damage is likely to worsen. For example, what may start as a tingling in the feet could turn into numbness. Unless you undergo medical intervention, nerve damage and resulting symptoms are likely to worsen over time.
The good news is that if you get treatment early, you can help prevent the condition from progressing and, in some cases, you can even reverse it. For example, if symptoms are due to a vitamin deficiency, correcting the vitamin imbalance could result in a full recovery. However, if any nerve cells have died, you may not be able to reverse the condition, but you should be able to prevent the condition from worsening by treating the root cause. For example, if diabetes is the cause of neuropathy, controlling blood sugar levels should help prevent future nerve damage. As the condition progresses, patients may also experience imbalance, emotional distress, or trouble sleeping.
When peripheral nerves (nerves located outside the brain and spinal cord) are damaged and don't work properly. The symptoms of neuropathy may fluctuate over time, come and go, or become more or less intense over time. If the condition is allowed to progress, the most obvious motor and sensory symptoms of neuropathy begin to appear. And in extreme cases, surgery can be used to destroy nerves or repair injuries that cause pain and neuropathic symptoms.
