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Do you know about Diabetic Neuropathy or Nerve Numbness?


Diabetes has become an epidemic today. The efficiency of nerves at the end of hands and feet of diabetic patients is decreased gradually. It happens mostly to them who have been suffering from uncontrolled diabetes for a long time. As a result, the infected person’s hands and feet begin to wane. It causes serious damage to the patient. In some patients, the feelings of the feet decreases so much that blood comes out because of a cut but they cannot say it.
The symptoms of nerve numbness in patients with diabetes include-
  • Feeling pins and needles in hands and legs.
  • Losing the strength of hands and feet.
  • Hands and feet muscles dry.
  • Feeling like burning on the palm of the hands and feet.
At first of the treatment, diabetes has to be controlled. Secondly, the efficiency of hands and feet muscles has to be kept fit through physiotherapy. Patients have to take physical exercise regularly. The benefits of exercise are given below:
  • Exercise consumes power of the body. As a result, body weight is controlled by losing fat.
  • The production of insulin from beta cells in pancreas is increased through exercise.
  • Exercise increases the performance of insulin. As a result, the small amount of insulin produced in the body can control the levels of glucose of blood. Additional medicine might not be needed.
  • Blood circulation in the body increases through exercise.
  • The complications of diabetes are reduced.
  • Exercise increases the amount of good cholesterol (HDL) and decreases bad cholesterol (LDL) in blood.
  • Exercise reduces high blood pressure.
  • By alleviating tension, exercise keeps the mind fresh and cheerful.
  • Exercise ensures better sleep.
  • Exercise makes bones and heart strong. It keeps the bone joints active.
  • One of the major causes of breaking bone in old age is osteoporosis of bone loss. Especially, hip fracture is found in women. Exercise reduces osteoporosis.
Exercise enhances immunity of the body.

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