{"id":30573,"date":"2016-04-07T16:50:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T16:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitetest19.striveenterprisetest.com\/2016\/04\/07\/neuropathy-important-not-delay-treatment\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:13:11","slug":"neuropathy-important-not-delay-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitetest19.striveenterprisetest.com\/2016\/04\/07\/neuropathy-important-not-delay-treatment","title":{"rendered":"Neuropathy: Why It’s Important Not to Delay Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

It starts with some tingling in your feet, and maybe a little in your legs.\u00a0 Then, the tingling turns into pain: sharp jabbing or stabbing sensations. You begin to lose coordination in your feet, and you start being more at risk of falling down. One day, paralysis may even occur. It\u2019s frustrating, it\u2019s frightening, but it doesn\u2019t have to be this way.<\/p>\n

\"Neruopathy<\/p>\n

The most frightening thing about neuropathy<\/a>, however, is that even if you think it\u2019s getting better (your pain and symptoms decrease, for instance), it could actually be getting worse<\/strong>. This is because the later stages of neuropathy often cause numbness, meaning that you can no longer feel the pain that\u2019s telling you something\u2019s wrong. This can eventually cause the skin of your foot to die and become necrotic, and it sometimes even leads to amputation, especially in diabetic patients.<\/p>\n

This is why it\u2019s so important to start treating your neuropathy right away.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first step to recovery is understanding the problem. Neuropathy is the disease or dysfunction of one or more peripheral nerves, or in other words, nerve damage. If you suffer from neuropathy you likely experience muscle weakness, twitching, tingling, numbness in the feet and lower legs, prickling sensations, and nerve pain in the feet and lower legs. The most common causes of neuropathy include injury, infection, diabetes, and even some cancers.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s most discouraging about neuropathy is how difficult it can be to find relief. This discouragement is exacerbated by the fact that medications-a common first step in treating neuropathy- often have unwanted side effects or are ineffective. Furthermore, medications can treat the symptoms of neuropathy, but they can\u2019t treat the root cause<\/strong>: the tight nerve tunnels that are \u201csqueezing\u201d the nerves and preventing them from functioning properly.<\/p>\n

Since neuropathy can worsen over time, it\u2019s essential that you don\u2019t delay treatment. Fortunately, you don\u2019t have to live with the pain<\/strong><\/a>. There are many treatment options for neuropathy, including:<\/p>\n