I have type 2 Diabetes and I have tingling in my finger tips, WHY ? What can I do to prevent this ?
It sounds like it is peripheral nerve damage and it occurs when you blood glucose level is high and remains high for long periods. You need to talk to your diabetic doctor/nurse and look at your sugar levels and review your medication. If you manage to lower your levels you may notice an improvement in the symptoms but it may be that they are permanent
November 7th, 2009 at 11:11 am
i have no idea call the nurse at yur doctors.Sometimes tingling is lack of circlation.This is an issue for medical people:-)
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November 7th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Unfortunately this may be a symptom of peripheral neuropathy, a nerve disorder, which is a common complication of diabetes. It is important to speak to your doctor about this troubling symptom soon!
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November 7th, 2009 at 11:42 am
this is called Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. it is caused by the extra sugar in your blood causing Nerve Damage.
You PREVENT this by keeping your blood sugar under STRICT control. you do this by strictly controlling your diet — NO sugars, reduced starches (less brads, crackers, gravies, corn, rice, and potatoes), increased fiber in the diet, getting more exercise, and losing weight.
Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy usually take a long time to develop, so this show that your diabetes has been out-of-control for many months, maybe years.
to CURE this problem you will need to keep your blood sugars STRICTLY controlled for almost the same length of time.
In the mean time, you can try Capsacin Creme ointment (available at the drugstore). In many patients this helps deaden those painful, prickly feelings.
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November 7th, 2009 at 11:52 am
I have type 2 and also get that. I think it’s a system of the illness. I only get it now and then so I don’t worry about it. I have so many health problems one of them is going to kill me, its a matter of when.
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November 7th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
It sounds like it is peripheral nerve damage and it occurs when you blood glucose level is high and remains high for long periods. You need to talk to your diabetic doctor/nurse and look at your sugar levels and review your medication. If you manage to lower your levels you may notice an improvement in the symptoms but it may be that they are permanent
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Retired nurse/diabetic
November 7th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
It’s diabetic neuropathy.
Neuropathy is a condition of the nerves that causes numbness, tingling, pain or pins and needles sensations in the hands, feet, arms or legs. It occurs differently for different people, but is always caused by nerve damage of some sort. All Neuropathy is caused by damage to the nerves.
Nerves are the communication lines of the body. Electrical signals from the brain travel through the nerves and give instructions to the various body parts. The body receives information from the envirnment through the senses and sends this I nformaiton to the brain via the nerves.
Breakdown of the myelin sheath around the nerves. Without this protection the electrical signals are not transferred properly just like if you stripped the covering off the electrical wires in you house.
As the nerve damage gets worse, the nerves either l ose their ability to transmit information (numbness) or they start sending false signals (Pain or tingling).
Neuropathy is a condition where the nerves have sustained enough damage that there is noticeable numbness, pain or tingling.
Sometiems the source of the nerve damage will need to be reduced or eliminated in order to see results (mediations, alcohol, etc)
Diabetes – higher than normal sugar levels – cause the out sheatlhng of nerve cells to degenerate.
Oral intake of b1 doees not greatly increase the levels of B1 in the blood stream.
Why it works
It is becoming widely known that certain special forms of B vitamins have a lot to do with repairing nerve damage. Some people have tried larege amounts of ordinary B1, B12 or B complex vitamins and they find that it does not help them. Ordinary B vitamins are water-soluble and they wash out of the body long before they get to the required levels needed in your blood stream sot that it can begin repairing nerve damage.
The condition did not happen overnight., it is a condition that has slowly advanced often over manyh years before you began to feel the symptoms.
You can find more on something to handle neuropathy at http://www.diabetes-support.com and http://www.realfoodnutrients.com/neu/home.htm
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November 7th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Ok so I agree with everyone that it could be neuropathy. BUT it could also be something else! I have it and my endocrinologist thinks it’s from a pinched nerve. And that can be helped so check it out, it may be something you CAN help! Good luck!
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November 7th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Your sugars could be out of balance and you could have a slight infection somewhere in the body. Go to the doc or call about it. You’re worried that’s enough reason to contact the doctor. You can ease the sensation by having control of the sugars, either they are too high or too low. You could also see about getting a bowen at the local herb shop. Bowen will have the pressure points in the body activated so that the tingling stops and any pain you’re not talking about.
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November 7th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Hi,
First off, do you know how well you are controlling your blood sugar levels?
Have you had your A1c tested every 6 months or so?
Is your A1c getting higher or lower? You ideally want the A1c to fall to about 6.0 – 6.5. If it is over 8 or 9.0, then I would expect that you will get complications from diabetes, but it is also possible to lower the A1c to a level that will allow a long life free of kidney failure, toes getting chopped off, and so on. My guess is you have a certain fondness for your toes, and want them to stay around with you for another 30 years?
You might want to read this book, and pay careful attention to it. Especially when he writes about poor circulation caused by a certain diet food that many Americans eat to much of, and many in Asia did not eat before the 1950′s, when being a diabetic over there was unheard of.
Dr. Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes.
Another follow up book is the Glycemic Index food list. It will list foods that are lower and higher on the Glycemic index, that is they will change into blood sugars at a faster or slower rate. It is important to get foods with a slower rate, lower on the scale, so that you will have calories that last until the next meal time.
If you eat calories high on the glycemic index, then they will quickly change into a sugar high, and you will require additional medication to convert that dangerous level of blood sugars into body fats.
This can lead to weight gain in many diabetics.
For now, I suggest that you give up eating cheese for 2 weeks. You will see why if you read the book. I suggest that you really limit your milk intake too.
Stop drinking soft drinks, it is harming you in many more ways that you know. Somehow I hope that soft drinks will become as rare as smokers in 20 years, but I give up, they are just pushing this toxic junk to much! Soft drinks are very acidic, and not good for anyone.
In his book The PH Miracle for Diabetics, Dr. Young writes that if the body is more acidic, then the insulin is less effective. This might be your case. Also taking many drugs will tend to leave the body more acidic that otherwise. Eating a more alkaline diet allows Dr. Young’s patients to stabilize their blood sugar levels, and eventually reduce the medication – sometimes more than 50%.
Making vegetables your friend can also lead to weight loss. Less animal fats in the diet lead to less viscous blood, and Dr. Barnard writes this is great for better circulation.
Try some oatmeal for breakfast, with 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon in it. Cinnamon helps slow the conversion process from food to blood sugars further. (just shake on what tastes good to you, and don’t hold back if you want more).
Try making some split pea soup, it is really simple.
1 pound of dried split peas
1/2 pound lintels
1 onion chopped up
3-5 carrots – I slice into bite sized chunks.
6-7 cups of water. Cook in crock pot for about 4-6 hours. Adding carrots in the last 2 hours so they are still a little firm.
Drink more water. It might be your blood is to viscous because of dehydration. A little extra water will not hurt anything. Just don’t overdo it to the point that you are excreting to much salts, and losing all your minerals.
Try taking 3-4 antiacid tablets when you get up in the morning, at least 45 minutes before breakfast, and see if you feel better that day – or worse. If you feel better, then this is a sign that your body is a little to acidic. If you feel worse, I am sorry! So sorry. But I have a feeling that you will feel better. Don’t over do this either, many antiacids are full of sugars and sweeteners. It is better to eat a more alkaline food, such as oatmeal. Yet it will help you determine IF you are to acidic. Most people are to acidic, and the body can use the extra antiacids effectively, or pass the remaining out of the body.
Good Luck!
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November 7th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Its the diabetic form of Neuropathy. It is, essentially,
nerve damage caused by the slow leakage of blood
through the venal and arterial walls into nerve tissue.
Some progress has been made in both the treatment
of the nerve damage as well as the repair of damaged
nerve tissue.
Look "Diabetic Neuropathy" up on the internet for the
latest progress in this area.
Good luck from another type II.
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November 7th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
You might try some herbal remedies for Diabetes before you get on the black listed Avandia or other diabetic regulators / pharmaceuticals. Go to a knowledgeable alternative medicine doctors to find best combination of herbs. You can beat the docs at this. There are many good herbs including: Cinnamon, Gymnema (Indian herb) & cayenne (Capsicool by Solaray is not hot to tummy) as a catalyst and for circulation.
What is Gymnema?
Gymnema Sylvestre is a plant that grows in the tropical forests of central and southern India and in parts of Africa. Herbalists in India have used the leaves of this long, slender plant as a treatment for diabetes for more than 2,000 years. The Hindu word "gumar," which means "sugar destroyer," describes the primary use of the herb in traditional Indian medicine. So strong is this herb that powered gymnema root has also been used to treat snake bites, constipation, stomach complaints, water retention, and liver disease. Doctors in India note that Gymnema Sylvestre is used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus and in food additives against obesity and caries. Gymnema is also reported to have anti-allergic, antiviral, lipid lowering, and other beneficial effects. Today, gymnema sylvestre is also known as gymnema, gurmar, gurmabooti, periploca of the woods, and meshasringi (ram’s horn).
Gymnema sylvestre has only recently been introduced in Europe and the United States. However, extracts of this plant are widely used in Australian, Japananese, Vietnamese and Indian folk medicine.1
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http://www.gymnema.net