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peripheral neuropathy

Treatment Opportunities for Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Treatment Opportunities for Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Cancer is a serious illness that requires the use of some very strong medicines for treatment. Chemotherapy is one of those medications, and while it has proven to be successful in treating cancer, it also has some adverse side effects, including peripheral neuropathy.

What is Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy?

Peripheral neuropathy is a set of symptoms caused by damage to the nerves that control the movement and sensations of our legs and arms. Some chemotherapy drugs used to treat cancer can cause damage to these nerves. When this happens, it is called Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, or CIPN.

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Reversing the Symptoms of Peripheral Neuropathy

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It is estimated that roughly 42 million Americans live with some form of peripheral neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common nerve disorders in the United States and the number of those affected continue to grow year by year. This astronomical number may sound too large to be true, but it might be more believable if you consider this small fact: half of those affected don’t even know they have peripheral neuropathy.

The condition progresses in stages, sometimes with symptoms being so mild that they are hardly recognized; however, this doesn’t mean that the condition isn’t there, can’t progress quickly or strike severely at any given moment.

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Treating Peripheral Neuropathy

Treatment programs and techniques for peripheral neuropathy

Those with peripheral neuropathy battle the condition day-in and day-out. Peripheral neuropathy is the most common type of neuropathy. Symptoms include numbness, tingling, prickling, tightness, pain, and cold or burning sensations in the extremities (hands, arms, legs or feet). The condition may also cause muscle weakness and lead to undetected infections, sores or wounds. But those living with peripheral neuropathy may find relief with one of our treatment programs.

Often times, patients are prescribed pain medication to relieve their symptoms, but pain medication tends to mask symptoms, and not actually treat the condition. At Piedmont Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, we aim to treat peripheral neuropathy.

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