Neuropathy Foot Pain Relief in St. Louis
Neuropathy, often known as peripheral neuropathy, is a condition that affects the peripheral nerve system. Outside your brain and spinal cord, your peripheral nervous system is a network of nerves.
When peripheral nerve cells, known as neurons, are injured or killed, neuropathy develops. The way neurons interact with each other and with the brain is disrupted and, as a result of this, sufferers experience pain in their hands, feet, and often other parts of the body.
What is Peripheral Neuropathy?
Neuropathy is a condition in which one or more nerves are damaged or dysfunctional, causing numbness, tingling, muscular weakness, and pain in the afflicted region. As mentioned, neuropathies often begin in the hands and feet, but they may also affect other areas of the body.
The central nervous system (CNS) receives sensory information from peripheral nerves, such as a message that the feet are chilly. Signals from the CNS are also sent to the rest of the body via them.
The signals that instruct muscles to contract, which is how we move, are the most well-known, but there are other sorts of signals that help govern everything from our heart and blood arteries, digestion, urine, and sexual function, to our bones and immune system.
In neuropathy, nerve signaling is interrupted in three ways:
1. Signals that are routinely transmitted are lost (like a cut wire)
2. When there should be none, there is incorrect signaling (like static on a radio channel)
3. Errors that cause the signals to be distorted (like a television being tuned with bunny ears)
What Causes Neuropathy in Feet?
How Do I Know If I Have Foot Neuropathy?
How is Neuropathy in Feet Treated?
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