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Can Diabetic Neuropathy Be Cured
May 19, 2009
Diabetics who have high triglyceride levels may be at a greater risk for diabetic neuropathy than their peers, a new study suggests. Researchers studied 427 diabetes patients with neuropathy and found that those who had the highest levels of triglycerides were significantly more likely to experience worsening neuropathy over the course of one year, regardless of how long patients had the disease or how controlled it was. Experts say this study lends evidence to the idea that blood fats may play ...
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Expert & Community Posts
By David Mendosa
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Health Expert
...irreversible nerve damage has already occurred. Diabetic neuropathy is the most common...
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By Dr. Bill Quick
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Health Expert
... Diabetic nerve damage to the feet, sometimes called diabetic neuropathy, or more correctly,...
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By David Mendosa
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Health Expert
...was when I was younger.I don’t have any of the diabetic neuropathy that plagues about half of...
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By Dr. Mark Borigini
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Health Expert
...disorders, including pain associated with shingles and diabetic neuropathy. This additional...
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By Dr. Mark Borigini
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Health Expert
...for the treatment of refractory partial seizures, diabetic neuropathy, post-herpetic neuralgia,...
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Health Guide
...glucose levels may reduce neuropathic symptoms and prevent additional nerve damage in people who have
diabetic neuropathy. Symptoms resulting from inflammatory or autoimmune conditions can be...
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Nerve damage - diabetic Prevention It is clear now that tight control of blood sugar level (Hemoglobin A1C References Vinik AI. Diabetic...
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Nerve damage - diabetic Treatment The goals of treating
diabetic neuropathy are to prevent progression and reduce the symptoms of the disease. Tight control of...
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...stroke, and other cardiovascular events by 50%.Improving heart disease risk factors can also help prevent
diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage). A 2005 study in NEJM suggested that in addition to...
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...Podiatr Med Assoc. 2005; 95(5): 451454.Biddinger K, Amend KA. The role of surgical decompression for
diabetic neuropathy. Foot Ankle Clin. 2004;9:239-254.Rader AJ. Surgical decompression in...
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A new medical procedure may help ease the pain of diabetic neuropathy. The outpatient procedure involves making small incisions in order to...
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October 03, 2008
by David Mendosa Until recently most treatments for diabetic neuropathy have been painkillers that helped some people but not others. Even if they...
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October 02, 2008
Dr. Martin Abrahamson at NPR answer questions about diabetes. A listener wants advice on treating diabetic neuropathy, a painful condition caused by...
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October 02, 2008
A patient with diabetic neuropathy wants to know why it occurs and what drugs can treat the pain. Newspaper columnist Nurse Patti explains that the...
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