A LOGICAL LOOK AT NEUROPATHY!

There is no medication that will stop neuropathy from progressing, some medications do help chronic diseases. Take high blood pressure as an example, it can be controlled with medication, but the medication does not cure it, it only controls it, if you stop the medication the high blood pressure will return and in most cases be even worse than before. Neuropathy can be controlled, there are effective treatments for it that don't involve medication but if stopped, the neuropathy will return. This is why I stopped doing office treatments in 2015 and converted to a home treatment protocol. Fundamentally the same treatment we did in the office for 7 years, but now provides the way maintain the relief and with recent advances in technology extremely more effective.  

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UNDERSTAND:

 

• Peripheral neuropathy is a secondary disease process that damages the nerves outside the central nervous system, (brain and spinal cord)

 

• There is no cure for neuropathy but it is treatable.  The difference between a cure and a treatment is this: A cure is something done one time and the problem is gone, a treatment is done continuously to control the condition. This is why a neuropathy treatment must be continued to maintain relief once it is under control.  

 

• No medication prescribed today will prevent neuropathy from getting worse. The medications will only mask the symptoms of neuropathy, studies show that some point they become ineffective for 87% of neuropathy sufferers. Medications used are only FDA approved for diabetic neuropathy.  The side effects for some are worse than the neuropathy.

 

• Neuropathy associated with earlier mortality.  Mean survival time with neuropathy is 10.8 years, compared with 13.9 years without neuropathy.  April 7, 2023 pubmed.ncbi.nih.gov

 

• Peripheral neuropathy is referred to as: neuropathy, diabetic neuropathy, idiopathic neuropathy, CIPN, they all refer to the same disease, just different causes.

 

•  Peripheral neuropathy is a secondary disease, it does not start on its own, there is always a primary cause, (over 200 causes have now been identified).  The best way to think of it is as a symptom of something else.

 

• There is no surgery that will help neuropathy. 

 

• Diabetes is the single most common cause. Diabetes is responsible for 30% of all cases of neuropathy.  50 to 60 percent of diabetics will develop neuropathy at some point. This neuropathy is 100% reversible with controlled diabetes. 

 

• 70% of neuropathy sufferers are not diabetic. Common causes other than diabetes are chemotherapy, excessive alcohol use, vitamin B-12 deficiency, certain antibiotics, statin drugs and idiopathic (the cause cannot be identified). 

 

• Idiopathic neuropathy, where the cause cannot be identified, makes up 30 to 40% of all cases of neuropathy.  More than diabetes at 30%. 

 

• The most common type of peripheral neuropathy is the type where damage occurs to the cells of the nerve endings at the skin level causing the most distal cells at the skin level to die off.  This causes the actual nerve ending to recede deeper into the tissue. Those cells can be regenerated with the correct treatment but sustaining them is key.  See the test on the home page.

 

• One thing in common for over 90% neuropathy causes: loss of oxygen to the nerve ending.  This oxygen loss causes the cells of the nerve ending at the skin level to become damaged and die off. Reversing this common factor, the loss of oxygen, is what allows for an effective treatment.  A video explaining in more depth is at the end of this information.

 

• The numbness, burning, pain, tingling, etc. experienced occurs as the nerve ending starts to recede deeper into the tissue below the skin level, they start to fire on their own, no stimulus needed. Similar to what an amputee might experience with phantom sensations in an arm or leg that is no longer there. 

 

• Different nerve endings carry different sensations, the type of abnormal sensation experienced is dependent on which one or ones of the nerve endings are damaged. 

 

• The reason that most feel more symptoms at night is due to still have some normal nerve ending and during the day when you have shoes on and you are doing normal activities the normal nerve endings are being stimulated and they override the abnormal sensations, but at night nothing is stimulating the normal nerves and the abnormal nerves become more dominate.

 

• Balance issues occur as the cells at the nerve ending become damaged and recede deeper into the tissue, they are no longer down at the sole of the foot, they are now deeper in. Sufferers commonly describe it feels like they are walking on sponge or piece of cardboard. It is why neuropathy sufferers become dependent on their depth perception for balance. Don't walk in the dark.

 

• Medications currently prescribed for neuropathy will not stop it from getting worse, they only mask the symptoms. Dosages will be increased as the neuropathy becomes worse.

 

• Research first published in neurological medical journals in 1999 sparked an ongoing debate concerning the possibility of nerve cell regeneration. Since 1999 numerous published double-blind clinical  studies that have proved that nerve cells can be regenerated.

 

• Neuropathy is treatable and reversible, but like so many diseases the treatment must be ongoing to provide a lasting relief to offset the damage from the cause of the neuropathy.

 

• Unfortunately, because neuropathy is not curable no short-term treatment can provide relief for longer than 3 to 8 months as the cause will continue to damage the nerve cells after the treatment has been stopped. 

 

I hope this gave you some insight to neuropathy. Most neuropathy sufferers do suffer needlessly, in most cases the signs and symptoms of neuropathy can be eliminated without medication, surgery or injections, providing a way to maintain the relief for the rest of your life. See some examples of our results on the We Get Lasting Results page. If you would like to know more please feel free to contact me directly at 480-556-1358.  I offer a free consultation and evaluation, one on one with me to see if this will work for you.  Please feel free to call me if you have questions, I am available 7am to 8pm seven days a week.