Twenty Neuropathy Symptoms

Today's post from neuropathyjournal.org (see link below) is meant to help people facing strange symptoms for the first time and wondering whether they may be as a result of nerve damage. It's a useful list in that it covers most of the discomforts brought about by neuropathy but it's important to realise that you don't need to experience them all in order to be suffering from nerve damage. Whether you have just one from the list, or several, it's sensible to take these symptoms first to your home doctor and then (if necessary) to a nerve specialist (neurologist). Very often, your story and symptoms themselves will be enough to establish a diagnosis but be prepared to face a scala of tests and a variety of 'test the water' treatments. Unfortunately, if you have neuropathy you need to be prepared for the long haul.
 

Top Twenty Symptoms of Peripheral Neuropathy
LtCol Eugene B Richardson, USA (Retired) BA, MDiv, EdM, MS

What type of symptoms might you experience when your Peripheral Nerves are damaged? Each person’s experience will vary, but in general following are the top 20 most common symptoms you might experience.

1) Severe strange pains in your feet, legs, hands and other parts of the body; including ‘crawling insects under skin;

2) Balance is difficult when walking, getting dressed, getting out of bed or whenever you close your eyes;

3) Numbness / heavy / cardboard / heavy cement feeling/ Novocain feeling in your feet and legs;

4) Tingling or “vibration” like feelings in your feet and hands;

5) Electric shocks starting at the bottom of your feet/foot that shoot up your leg(s) and on almost any part of the body;

6) Bone pain especially in the feet on walking or standing;

7) Painful muscle spasms/cramps;

8) Skin may become painful to touch or loss of the feeling of touch; with Agent Orange skin rash;

9) Burning sensations in your feet and hands;

10) Loss, or lessening, of sensation for hot and cold;

11) Feeling like you are wearing socks when you are not;

12) The feeling you are walking on crumpled socks or stones;

13) Feet feel swollen or large;

14) Difficulty moving your hands or feet;

15) A feeling of clumsiness, tripping (foot drop) or dropping things;

16) Attacks of daily severe exhaustion with strange fatigue;

In more severe case of Peripheral Neuropathy you may also experience the following:

17) Problems with not sweating in lower body with excessive sweating in upper body;

18) Digestive (fullness; alternating diarrhea / constipation) and/or urinary problems (overflow incontinence);

19) Sexual problems (loss of sensation/feeling/moisture);

20) A tightening of your chest with an increased difficulty in breathing and/or swallowing; uncorrectable vision problems.
To learn more see the article on the Symptoms of Neuropathy at:

Symptoms of Neuropathy

Top Twenty Symptoms of Neuropathy
To understand the basics of Peripheral Neuropathy visit:

Frequently Asked Questions About Neuropathy

DISCLAIMER: The information provided is intended to be educational and informative and not medically prescriptive or diagnostic. All patients are encouraged to consult with their own medical doctor when considering any of the information contained within.

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About the Author
LtCol Eugene B Richardson, USA (Retired) BA, MDiv, EdM, MS

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