Nerve Damage?!
Question: Nerve Damage!?
My mother is 36 years old, and she has had diabetes since she can remember!. She keeps it under control very well!. She takes lyrica for the nerve damage, but recently it has stopped working!. It is to the point where she can not even walk!.
I know she cannot reverse the damage, but is there anything she can do to alleviate the pain!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
I know she cannot reverse the damage, but is there anything she can do to alleviate the pain!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Sorry to hear about your Mom's condition!. My Father also had diabetes!. I suffer from nerve damage but it's due to a cervical spine injury,,but nerve pain all hurts!. She should let her doctor know the Lyrica isn't working!. I think it doesn't work for a lot of people so he can proably just change her Rx!. There are some drugs like Neurontin, which I take that work pretty well but only her doctor can really help her!. She may want to think about starting a daily pain journal!. Nothing fancy, I use a steno pad!. I record:
where I hurt
when I hurt
how badly I hurt on a scale of 1-10
and how the pain is effecting my daily life,,,what I can't do because it hurts to badly!. This is a very important thing to record!.
Take it with you the next time she goes to the doctor!. It's hard to communcate all your concerns with a doc when you only have a few minutes with them!. The journal eliminates that problem and helps the doctor better understand what your Mom is going through ona a day to day basis!.
Believe me, at first it seems like a pain in the butt,,,,but as your Mom's condition gets worse it will be more and more valuable to her!. Good luck and here are a few pain management sites and a few research/clinical trial sites that I use often!.
This is the Wake Forest Medical Centers home page!. Look to the left side and there is tons of great info
http://www1!.wfubmc!.edu/neurosurgery/Pain!.!.!.
This is the UCLA clinical trial site!. You can find out about any studies or trials your Mom may be interested in!.
http://www!.clinicaltrials!.ucla!.edu/
Here is a great pain management site
http://health!.discovery!.com/centers/pain!.!.!.
This is the National Institute of Health site on neuropathy
http://www!.nlm!.nih!.gov/medlineplus/ency/!.!.!.
Here is one you should save as a favorite!. It will be your Mom's best source of information!.
http://www!.diabetes!.org/home!.jsp
Maybe you Mom should ask her doc about a pain management specialist!. They can help far more than a regular GP!.
Good luckWww@Answer-Health@Com
where I hurt
when I hurt
how badly I hurt on a scale of 1-10
and how the pain is effecting my daily life,,,what I can't do because it hurts to badly!. This is a very important thing to record!.
Take it with you the next time she goes to the doctor!. It's hard to communcate all your concerns with a doc when you only have a few minutes with them!. The journal eliminates that problem and helps the doctor better understand what your Mom is going through ona a day to day basis!.
Believe me, at first it seems like a pain in the butt,,,,but as your Mom's condition gets worse it will be more and more valuable to her!. Good luck and here are a few pain management sites and a few research/clinical trial sites that I use often!.
This is the Wake Forest Medical Centers home page!. Look to the left side and there is tons of great info
http://www1!.wfubmc!.edu/neurosurgery/Pain!.!.!.
This is the UCLA clinical trial site!. You can find out about any studies or trials your Mom may be interested in!.
http://www!.clinicaltrials!.ucla!.edu/
Here is a great pain management site
http://health!.discovery!.com/centers/pain!.!.!.
This is the National Institute of Health site on neuropathy
http://www!.nlm!.nih!.gov/medlineplus/ency/!.!.!.
Here is one you should save as a favorite!. It will be your Mom's best source of information!.
http://www!.diabetes!.org/home!.jsp
Maybe you Mom should ask her doc about a pain management specialist!. They can help far more than a regular GP!.
Good luckWww@Answer-Health@Com
There are a few treatments which can help your mother control diabetes!. She could try fir therapy garments which are particulaly effective at improving circulation & reducing nerve damage & neuropathic pain in feet!. Also watching her diet & getting as much exercise as possible is important too!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
There are other medicines that can help relieve pain!. Have her tell the doctor her pain in not being managed any longer on the lyrica and he'll give her something else to tryWww@Answer-Health@Com