Suffering from neuropathy? You’re not alone. Read below to find out more about neuropathy and an important treatment option that you need to try.
What is neuropathy?
Neuropathy describes disease or dysfunction of nerves, which often causes intense pain and other sensations. Neuropathy can occur for a variety of reasons, including due to diabetes, chemotherapy, nerve damage, or unknown causes. Different people and different causes lead neuropathy to present with a wide variety of symptoms.
People often experience intense pain, numbness, tingling, or a swollen type sensation. Often, symptoms tend to be worse at night and interfere with normal sleep.
Are you struggling with neuropathy?
If you’re experiencing numbness, tingling, pain, or weakness often a trip to your doctor is needed to determine a cause and help decide the best course of treatment. Frequently, treatment involves medications to help manage symptoms, such as gabapentin, as well as managing any underlying contributing factors. If you’re struggling with diabetic neuropathy, managing your diabetes is an important piece of treatment.
Many other treatment options exist to help manage your neuropathy as well, including acupuncture. Acupuncture provides powerful relief for neuropathy. Here’s 3 ways acupuncture helps:
- Increase circulation: Acupuncture promotes increased circulation so that the affected area has the blood, oxygen, and nutrients needed to heal, repair, and function optimally.
- Regulate and rehabilitate the nervous system: Acupuncture works on the nervous system to regulate and rehabilitate proper functioning.
- Manage underlying conditions: Acupuncture addresses the entire body to get it back to a healthy state and maintain that improved health. By working on the entire system, underlying causes of neuropathy can be addressed and managed in order to decrease symptoms.
