Sentences with phrase «neuropathy damage to the nerves»

Peripheral neuropathy Damage to the nerves supplying the legs.

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Neuropathy is nerve damage and a long term complication of diabetes.Neuropathy can lead to foot ulcers and slow - healing wounds which, if they become infected, can result in amputation.

• People with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are at risk of damage to the nerves (neuropathy) and blood supply (ischaemia) to their feet.

People with diabetes are at risk of nerve damage (neuropathy) and problems with the blood supply to their feet (ischaemia).

«Moving to non-invasive and repeatable methods of nerve fiber measurements such as in vivo corneal confocal microscopy would enhance study of peripheral neuropathy by enabling early detection of damage, progression of nerve fiber deterioration, and enable assessment of therapeutic strategies in the SIV / macaque model,» explains Dr. Mankowski.

Studies have shown that corneal nerve fiber density, measured by confocal microscopy, can predict diabetes - related damage to the peripheral nerves, called peripheral neuropathy.

Therefore, new sensitive, noninvasive methods of assessing small fiber nerve damage are urgently needed to detect and monitor peripheral neuropathy in HIV - infected individuals.

They also recruited 20 age and gender - matched healthy controls, and 20 age and gender - matched patients with diabetic neuropathy — a different form of peripheral nerve damage due to high blood sugar.

Their findings, reported June 17 in the journal Neuron, could lead to treatments for chronic pain conditions caused by nerve damage, such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), as well as chronic inflammation, like rheumatoid arthritis.

Diabetic neuropathy nerve damage, which causes a loss of sensation in the hands and feet, can allow small injuries to go unnoticed and become severely infected, to the point where amputation is the only option.

Neuropathy damages the nerves in the skin, particularly the hands and feet, causing a loss of sensation that can lead to repeat injuries of the same structures.

Celiac disease, which results from a sensitivity to gluten, was associated with a 2.5-fold increased risk of neuropathy (nerve damage), according to an article published online by JAMA Neurology.

«We used a mouse model of the KPro to, first of all, identify the inflammatory factors that cause damage to the eye, and then we also quantified the amount of nerve cell death in the back of the eye that mediates the optic neuropathy, and, lastly, we looked at blocking these factors with antibodies,» said Reza Dana, M.D., M.Sc., MPH, Director of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and the Claes H. Dohlman Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.

Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear / Harvard Medical School have identified inflammatory factors that cause optic neuropathy in the back of the eye following implantation of a keratoprosthesis (KPro)-- similar to what glaucoma patients experience, without the rise of pressure in the eye — and have shown that blocking one of those factors, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFa), successfully halts the development of optic nerve damage in a mouse model.

Thirty - five adults older than 65 were recruited for the study, including 14 healthy participants, 10 individuals with Parkinson's disease, and 11 adults who had impaired feeling in their legs owing to peripheral neuropathy (nerve damage).

According to the NIH, 20 million Americans have some form of peripheral neuropathy, forcing them to live with the pain, tingling, numbness and temperature sensitivity of nerve damage.

Peripheral neuropathy is a type of nerve damage that affects up to 68 percent of people with diabetes.

This might also have the effect of reducing or eliminating one specific effect of certain nerve agents which is to cause longer term nerve damage, a syndrome call organophosphate induced delayed neuropathy (OPIDN).

In people with diabetes, a trifecta of trouble can set the stage for amputations: Numbness in the feet due to diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage) can make people less aware of injuries and foot ulcers.

His medication contained both a calcium channel blocker — which is known to exacerbate reflux, and a statin (cholesterol lowering medication)-- known to sometimes cause peripheral neuropathy or nerve damage.

Now, I don't think I've touched on this too much, other than in my post about the half marathon, but I have some lingering nerve damage (neuropathy) in my hands and feet from some of the chemo drugs I had to take.

Too much sorbitol trapped in retinal cells, the cells of the lens, and the Schwann cells that myelinate peripheral nerves can damage these cells, leading to retinopathy, cataracts and peripheral neuropathy, respectively.

Peripheral neuropathy — a form of nerve damage to feet, legs, or hands, causing pain, numbness, or tingling

Suprascapular neuropathy usually occurs as a result of traction damage to the suprascapular nerve causing an aching or burning pain at the back and or side of the shoulder joint.

A small fiber neuropathy occurs when damage to the peripheral nerves predominantly or entirely affects the small myelinated (Aδ) fibers or unmyelinated C fibers.

It's now popular for all sorts of pain related to nerve damage, including diabetic neuropathy.

According to medical dictionaries, peripheral neuropathy is defined as a «nerve damage caused by chronically high blood sugar and diabetes.

If left untreated, constant high levels of blood glucose can damage the nerves in the body, leading to diabetic neuropathy.

Neuropathic pain develops when damaged or dysfunctional nerves send inappropriate signals to the brain.7 Neuropathic pain can result from diabetic neuropathy, hyperalgesia syndrome, previous trauma, and onychectomy.

Neuropathic — Also known as nerve pain or neuropathy, neuropathic back pain occurs when receptors in the spinal column continue to send pain signals to the brain even though there is no ongoing tissue damage.

According to new evidence, manufacturers of fluoroquinolones knew about the risk of peripheral neuropathy — a type of nerve damage that causes pain, weakness, and a loss of sensation — but failed to warn patients and physicians.

Some complications you may experience after having diabetes for a many years are neuropathy (damage to the nerves, most commonly affecting the legs and feet), eye complications, and heart disease.

Regardless of where exactly you have sustained nerve damage, having diabetic neuropathy will greatly affect your ability to get burial insurance.

Have you ever been medically diagnosed or treated for complications of diabetes, including insulin shock, diabetic coma, retinopathy (eye), nephropathy (kidney), neuropathy (nerve damage / pain), or used insulin prior to age 50?

Other issues can include neuropathy, or nerve damage, eysight problems even leading to blindness, and quite often depression.