Peripheral neuropathy is a condition that results from damage to the peripheral nervous system, which transmits information between the brain and spinal cord and the rest of the body. The peripheral nervous system includes nerves in the arms, hands, legs, and feet.
Symptoms of peripheral neuropathy include numbness or tingling in your extremities, pain, burning sensations, weakness, balance problems, and changes in sensation such as feeling overly sensitive to touch or not being able to feel heat or cold.
It’s only natural for anyone suffering from neuropathy pain to want to find relief from symptoms. You may be wondering if a neuropathy relief clinic can also figure out the cause of your condition. Let’s talk about the services you can get at a clinic that treats neuropathy symptoms.
Evaluation of Peripheral Neuropathy Symptoms
Clinics that provide therapeutic interventions for neuropathy pain can also evaluate your symptoms and determine the underlying cause of neuropathy, to determine whether they can provide treatment for you. Treatment programs at these clinics are usually highly customized, so a comprehensive evaluation of your symptoms is critical.
By evaluating your medical history, which includes learning about your symptoms, your lifestyle habits, such as whether you smoke or drink, past exposure to toxins, and a family history of nervous system disorders, the physician will determine the need for additional tests.
The physician may also order blood tests and perform physical and neurological exams that include checking your reflexes, muscle strength, sensation, balance, and coordination to check for abnormalities that point to neuropathy. To confirm a diagnosis, the physician may order blood tests, nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
What Are The Known Causes of Peripheral Neuropathy?
There are many possible causes of peripheral neuropathy, but in the United States, diabetes is at the very top. Diabetes, which is characterized by high sugar levels, damages the peripheral nerves, as it can weaken the walls of the blood vessels that supply the nerves with oxygen and nutrients. Next is chemotherapy patients, since chemo drugs can damage healthy cells, including nerves. The third is HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infections, since the virus can damage healthy nerves.
Other possible causes of peripheral neuropathy are excessive alcohol intake, vitamin deficiencies (vitamin B-1, B-6, and B-12), trauma, autoimmune diseases, exposure to toxins, kidney disease, liver disease, and inherited genetic disorders.
In some cases, the cause of peripheral neuropathy is unknown, which is called idiopathic neuropathy.
Peripheral Neuropathy Pain Diagnosis and Treatment in New Jersey, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, and Illinois
NIVA Health clinic is a neuropathy pain relief clinic offering natural, noninvasive therapeutic interventions for managing symptoms of the condition. Our compassionate healthcare providers create treatment plans that also include managing health conditions that are contributing to nerve damage. We are very proud to offer patients our neuropathy program, which consists of noninvasive therapies that focus on healing injured tissues.
To schedule a consultation with our providers, call our clinic nearest you or use our convenient appointment request form.
