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Maggie Torres Abstract Report: General Health Related Topic

What is Neuropathy? Causes and Treatments

The article that I choose to write about is based on something called Neuropathy. This is a collection of disorders that occurs when nerves of the peripheral nervous system are damaged. This is located near the nervous system outside of the brain and spinal cord. Neuropathy causes many things such as pain and numbness in the hands and feet. But this results from traumatic injuries, infections, metabolic disorders, and exposure to toxic. Diabetes is the most common causes of neuropathy. Having this disorder can affect nerves that control the muscle movement; it can also affect internal organs, such as the heart, blood vessels, bladder, or intestines. The people who get neuropathy are the ones who have diabetes, who can’t control their blood sugar levels. Also people who receive organ transplants, aids, and who have some type of immune system suppression have higher risk of neuropathy. The process of a full medical history with physical and a neurological exam that will determine tendon reflexes, muscle strength and tone diagnoses neuropathy. But not often is neuropathy diagnose, it usually takes a lot og blood test to measure levels of vitamin B-12. How is neuropathy treated? By traditional pills and creams to help the diets and therapies that stimulate the nervous system.
The participant name is Michael Brady who has overcame his nerve pain after 10 years of suffering. There is a Neuropathy Treatment Group who specializes exclusively in the research of natural ways to reduce the pain and symptoms related to all forms of neuropathy. The good thing about this treatment center is that they don’t offer any products that aren’t related to relieving the symptoms of neuropathy. Wes Jones is the one who is conducting this study; he is also the president of the Neuropathy Treatment Group. In this articles it states that Michael had been diagnosed with

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