how do i find out about nerve damage in diabetes?
November 8, 2009 by Diabetes and Blood Glucose Tips
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Can you answer Tim’s question about Diabetes?:
i would like a bit more information about the way the sugar levels have damaged my nerve network as of the 30 possible nerve problems i have most of them - e.g. ability to deal with hot weather and lack of a warning system for sugar levels dropping
What Causes Diabetes
i would like a bit more information about the way the sugar levels have damaged my nerve network as of the 30 possible nerve problems i have most of them - e.g. ability to deal with hot weather and lack of a warning system for sugar levels dropping
What Causes Diabetes
Diabetes Feedback: Do a search for “Diabetic neuropathy”. You’ll find that there are different types of neuropathy.
You’re lack of warning of sugar levels dropping, for instance, is down to autonomic neuropathy … things that happen automatically within your body.
Diabetes Feedback: Diabetes neuropathy is a complication caused by diabetes that involves nerve damage in the body. Over time when a person’s blood sugar levels are high and not controlled there can be damage to the nerves throughout the body. This damage makes it hard for the nerves to carry messages to the brain and other parts of the body.
There are three types of Diabetes Neuropathy:
1. Peripheral neuropathy – It is damage to the nerves that sense pain, touch, hot, and cold. They also affect movement and muscle strength. The ones in the feet and lower legs are mostly affected and can lead to serious foot problems if not treated.
2. Autonomic neuropathy – It is damage to the nerves that control heartbeat, blood pressure, sweating, digestion, urination, and sexual function.
3. Focal neuropathy – It is damage to one nerve that can be in the wrist, thigh, or foot. It may also affect the nerves in your back or chest that control your eye muscles. This type of nerve damage usually happens suddenly.
Here is a web page to give you more information.
Good luck to you.
Diabetes Feedback: you need to discusss this with a neurologist. lack of hypoglycemia awareness isn’t really a neurological problem. if you suffer dangerous levels of hypoglycemia, consider a continuous glucose monitor. You can regain hypoglycemia awareness. You need to work very hard for two weeks or so to be sure you NEVER go low, even if it means running high, and the sensation of going low should come back - assuming you ever had he sensation. there are also dogs that can be trained to detect hypoglycemia. I don’t think difficulty in hot weather is a neurology issue either.