Peripheral Neuropathy: Symptoms, Causes, and More

Peripheral neuropathy occurs when your peripheral nerves don’t work properly because they’re damaged or destroyed. They might send pain signals for no reason, or not send a signal when you’re experiencing harm.Your peripheral nervous system connects the nerves from your brain and spinal cord, or central nervous system, to the rest of your body. This includes your:arms and handslegs and feetface and mouthinternal organsThe job of these nerves is to carry signals about physical sensations back to your brain, and to carry signals from the brain back to the body, to make sure its internal functions, like blood circulation and food digestion, function properly. Peripheral neuropathy is when these nerves are impaired and don’t work as they should. It can be caused by:injurysystemic illnessinfectionhormonal imbalancecertain medicationsvitamin deficiency an inherited disorderThe causes are therefore vast, as are the types of the condition. More than 100 different types of peripheral neuropathy...