Endless numbness and tingling, warning symptoms of neuropathy

However, sometimes even if a patient’s blood sugar is good enough, the patient cannot be treated.

“It’s already because of the nerves irreversibleit cannot go back, it cannot be fixed,” Indonesian Endocrinological Association (PERKENI) Secretary General Dr. Dr. Wismandari, SpPD, K-EMD said on the same occasion.

“If already neuropathy acuteit’s bad already, it’s like that, yes, I know it won’t go back to normal,” he added.

Peripheral neuropathy is irreversible (non-repairable) if more than 50% of the nerve fibers are damaged.

“When the damage is greater than 50 percent of the nerve fibers, we are very concerned,” Pinzon said.

According to Pinzon, the treatment you are undertaking may be able to reduce your symptoms, but it cannot return the condition to normal.

“We’ll do whatever the nerve damage can’t come back,” he said.

The problem is that 8 out of 10 people develop peripheral neuropathy without being diagnosed early. This is because there are no specific symptoms, so a person feels fine.

Someone with peripheral neuropathy will only come to the doctor if the pain they are experiencing is severe.

“The problem is that they often come for treatment advanced case“said Pinzon. “Or I don’t even know about diabetes.”