83 year old man with diabetes >15 years, no obvious complications, still active, has been having numbness?

Question

and tingling in fingertips for about a year, difficulty in gripping small items. Is this neuropathy and is there any treatment or does it just get progressively worse?

Answer 1

Unfortunately this sounds like neuropathy. There are medications to help, but it will never be cured. A good medication to ask your doctor about is Neurontin. It helps many of my patients suffering with neuropathy. Be careful when using heating pads or cold packs! You may hurt yourself really bad if you are unable to feel the area in which you have applied the packs.

Answer 2

NEUROPATHY
In diabetes, high blood sugar leads to increased viscosity (in simple words - increased concenteration of sugar and thick blood), which leads to leaking of water into the nerves. The sheath covering the nerves can not handle this, and is destroyed by the pressure, leading to damage of the nerves.
Such damage is percieved as abnormal sensations such as--

NUMBNESS
PAIN
ABNORMAL FEELING OF TOUCH AND TEMPERATURE

this is Neuropathy.

According to recent studies conducted by the Pritikin Longevity Center, diabetes starts from too much fat in the diet and insufficient exercise, not malfunction of the pancreas as previously thought. The pancreas continues to produce insulin when you have diabetes but the body becomes insulin resistant. Research has shown that over 90% of diabetes cases can be TOTALLY CORRECTED with diet and exercise. That means that you don't have to have limbs removed due to diabetes-induced gangrene. You don't have to go blind or suffer cardiovascular abnormalities because of diabetes. You can actually REVERSE some of these conditions with diet (nutrition, not weight loss) and exercise, and the removal of parasites and candida.

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Best of luck.

Answer 3

The neuropathy disease could cause the outward symptoms such as: tingling, prickling sensation, numbness of the location around the affected nerves, quick problems, sharp or even burning sensation in the nerves.
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Answer 4

It isn what is called periphrial neuropathy. The best way to decreaseb the effects is to exercise with the arms just to increase circulation, no weights or resistance, but either way he should see a doctor. good luck.

Answer 5

He needs to see the doc to find out if this is neuropathy or something else causing it. Without examining him no one on here can possibly know if it is neuropathy or not.

Answer 6

Sounds like it may be. I don't think there is a treatment, but my mother, who had it in her feet, has been dead for 11 years so they may have found something since then. Check with his doctor. Even if there isn't a "cure," there could be therapy that can help.

Answer 7

Diabetes is a serious illness. You should consult your doctor. My family has a large history with this disease. In our experience it means or leads to heart arteries that are blocked. Which usually leads to stinits to open the arteries and then to by-pass. Better to get it checked out. God bless

Answer 8

Tegretol really helps. So does cannabis. Yes, it's peripheral neuropathy.

Answer 9

I am afraid so because my cousin who lives in south america has the same problem sorry to here that Good luck

Answer 10

Could be. Why has he gone a year without getting it checked out? If he looses sensation in his hand, he can burn himself without knowing it. He may also have difficulties in his feet without being aware. Get it checked out.