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What Causes Peripheral Neuropathy?

The peripheral nerves relay information from your central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) to muscles and other organs and from your skin, joints, and other organs back to your brain. Peripheral neuropathy occurs when these nerves fail to function properly, resulting in pain, loss of sensation, or inability to control muscles.

In some cases, the failure of nerves that control blood vessels, intestines, and other organs results in abnormal blood pressure, digestion problems, and loss of other basic body processes. Peripheral neuropathy may involve damage to a single nerve or nerve group (mononeuropathy) or may affect multiple nerves (polyneuropathy).

There are numerous reasons for nerves to malfunction. In some cases, no direct cause can be pin pointed.  This is because most cases involve a combination of factors, each of which must be addressed carefully.  It has been well established, however, that all neuropathies involve the following conditions:

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Poor circulation to nerves
► Oxygen deprivation
► Nutritional deficiencies

Although we know these are the "end stages" that lead to slow nerve degradation, we must actually see what is "causing the causes".  What is it in our daily lives that directly contributes to poor circulation and oxygen starvation?

 

Most Common Daily Causes

1) Dramatic changes in glucose and insulin in the blood (diabetes) that displace oxygen.
 
2) Side effects from drugs, such as those for cholesterol, blood pressure and arthritis that change the metabolism of the nerves thus altering the way they use oxygen. (ex: Pravachol Amytriptyline)
 
3) Exposure to toxic compoundss that makes oxygen unusable. Especially solvents (ex: benzene, 1 1 1-Trichloroethane, M.T.B.E, chlorine, etc.) and metals (lead, arsenic, mercury, cadnium, etc.)  other toxic compounds include, Nitrous oxide, glue, ammonia, etc..)
 
4) Inflammation in the lower back which reduces blood flow to the nerves in the spinal column.
 
5) Sciatic nerve entrapment (piriformis entrapment) caused from standing on concrete too much, sitting too long in one position putting pressure on the sciatic nerve or its blood supply, and aging, where muscles lose tone.
 
6) Nutritional deficiencies, especially vitamin B-12.
 
7) Excessive alcohol use.

8) Food Allergies. Specifically, the sweetener Aspartame.  This is very toxic to the body, including nerves and brain. As it metabolizes in the body, it transforms into Wood alcohol.

  

Other Causes Include

1) Chemotherapy that affects cancer and other fast growing or functioning cells like hair and nerves.

2) Infectious or inflammatory conditions, such as AIDS, cancer, hepatitis, colorado tick fever, diphtheria Guillain-Barre syndrome, HIV, lyme disease, polyarteritis nodosa, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, syphilis, lupus, amyloidosis.

 
3) Repeated trauma such as frostbite, or accidents that change blood supply to the nerves.
 
4) Surgery complications which can lead to severe inflammatory conditions, excessive drug use.
 

For a more detail on causes and what can be done, see here.

 

 

Statements about neuropathy and others topics are for information only and should not in any way be used as a substitute for the advice of a physician or other licensed health care practitioner.  Statements about neuropathy and the ReBuilder have not been reviewed by the FDA. Suggestions and ideas presented here should not be interpreted as medical advice, meant for diagnosing illness, or for prescriptive purposes. 

The ReBuilder system’s electrical stimulation has been proven 95% effective in recent clinical studies in reducing and even reversing the symptoms of peripheral neuropathy.