Acute painful neuropathy is a microvascular complication of diabetes neuropathy. If your are experiencing burning or crawling pains in your feet, shins and anterior thighs, you may be having acute painful neuropathy. These symptoms usually get worse during the night. Even the touch of your bedsheets may cause severe pain making a good night sleep impossible. Muscle wasting is not a feature of acute painful neuropathy.
What Should You Do If You Have Acute Painful Neuropathy?
As for every symptom and complication in diabetes, good blood sugar control is the key to relieve the symptoms. If you control your blood sugar levels well, the symptoms will disappear spontaneously within three to twelve months.
There are pharmacological and non pharmacological methods to relieve pain. Medications given to treat acute painful neuropathy include tricyclics, gabapentin, pregabalin, duloxetine, mexilentine, valprovate and carbamazepine. Non pharmacological methods to relieve pain include acupuncture and transdermal nerve stimulation.
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