Can nerve damage caused by diabetes be repaired?
January 1, 2010 by Diabetes and Blood Glucose Tips
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Can you answer robert’s question about Diabetes?:
I have damage in my left hand on the outside palm and finger.
Controlling Type 2 Diabetes
I have damage in my left hand on the outside palm and finger.
Controlling Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Feedback: Unfortunately it can’t but the pain can be treated.
Diabetes Feedback: no, nerve tissue once damaged is done. regardless of cause for the damage, nerve tissue does not regenerate.
Diabetes Feedback: It can not be repaired. I have it in my legs and I take 300mg. of Lyrica per day which just manages the pain.
Diabetes Feedback: Occasionally the tight control of glucose levels will help with the repair of the nerves. Not often and not to a great extent. But it does help to get tight control so it doesn’t get worse.
Diabetes Feedback: i guess i’m the exception. i’m type 2 diabetic for at least 15 years. about 10 years ago i suffered from severe neuropathy in my legs and went on insulin, oxycontin and neurontin. i couldn’t climb or descend stairs and couldn’t work at a conventional job because of constant pain.
short story… i recovered and no longer take pain killers or neurontin.
bad news… i lost part of my left foot a few years ago.
bad news… i was scheduled for bypass surgery in my left leg.
good news i walked and worked standing up and the surgery was cancelled.
currently i take aspirin and 5mg. rampiril and insulin.
bad news my right eye has a cater act forming and requires surgery. recently a retinologist discovered a leak in my right eye which caused some cloudiness. two days ago i had laser surgery to heal the “blister” on the back of my eye and the cloudiness is gone.
soooo.. you take it as it comes and never lose hope.
my vascular surgeon calls me his miracle. i don’t know about that but i’m 63 and walk a lot every day. maybe deepak chopra is onta something.
good luck…
Diabetes Feedback: As Don C would tell you take the good news and the bad news evenly. And Deepak Chopra could have helped him, after all in the realm of metaphysics and mysticism. Anyway, all have good answers, mostly. For as long as you have good management and control of your diabetes, you could probably slow down the degenerating process of the disease and could live a normal live. I have diabetic friends who are in their 80’s and are still around. They practice MED system, i.e. Medication, Exercise and Diet. Good luck to you.
Diabetes Feedback: No it can’t.