Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral Neuropathy
Jake Ames, MD, HMD
Peripheral neuropathy is an acute or chronic condition where peripheral nerves do not get adequate nutrition, and the nerve slowly dies.
Symptoms can vary depending on the function of the nerve. If the nerve controls muscle movement there may be muscle weakness, lack of coordination or paralysis. A sensory nerve that is affected might make you feel that your hands and feet are cold or hot. There may be sharp and stabbing pains. There may be some tingling or numbness. An autonomic nerve affected might cause dizziness, high or low blood pressure, heat intolerance, heart rate variability, digestion problems, overactive bladder, and difficulty in breathing.
The tingling and burning may start out affecting only your hands and feet but later may travel up your limbs.
Diabetics may not have any feeling in their feet after a while, and may be prone to balance problems and falling, or may have a pebble in their shoe that could lead to a foot ulcer, infection, and then amputation.
Peripheral neuropathy can affect only one nerve or many nerves
Some causes of peripheral neuropathy are diabetes, B12 and methyl folic acid deficiency, chemotherapy, mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, antimony and other heavy metals, poisons such as pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, alcoholism, infections such as Epstein Barr virus, HIV, hepatitis C, shingles, Herpes, Lyme disease, MTHFR mutation, homocysteine, lipoprotein (a), and structural.
Diagnosis
The neurologist will obtain a detailed medical history and do a thorough physical neurological examination. They usually have you get an EMG, and an MRI of the brain, and sometimes the entire spine.
He will check your pulses: Dorsalis pedis artery, Medial plantar artery, Lateral plantar artery
Depending what they find on your history and examination, your neurologist will also order blood tests. Common blood tests are your vitamin B12 and folic acid levels. They will check you for diabetes by ordering a fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1C (HgB A1C). Other good tests to get done are the MTHFR mutation, Homocysteine, Lipoprotein (a), Fibrinogen, and CRP-HS.
Check your Total T3, Total T4, Free T3, TSH, Thyroid autoantibodies
Check your afternoon oral temperatures from 2-6 PM, at least two hours after a meal. They should be between 36.7-37 degrees Celsius or 98.2-98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Treatment
Correct the problem. If it’s from alcoholism, Lyme disease, lead poisoning, diabetes, etc., see an expert in treating your underlying disease.
These supplements may help you:
R-Lipoic acid 300 mg three times a day
Unique E 400 IU a day with fat
Methylselenocysteine 200 mcg 2 a day
Methyl B12 injections 5 mg/ml, 1 ml weekly or
Methyl B12 5,000 sublingual lozenges from www.jarrow.com
Other treatments that I’ve used with success are Jan Kwasniewski, M.D. ketogenic diet.
Urine fasting according to Armstrong
FAR and near infrared lamps, EDTA and DMPS chelation.
Nikken Kenko mStrides ® are magnetic insoles
The ReBuilder, a specialized form of TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator)
FAR and near infrared lamps
Your nerves can grow back. I’ve had excellent success getting my patients well from peripheral neuropathy. My patients have to take an active role in getting their health back.
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