Living with Diabetes and DPNP Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain

Have you experienced any throbbing, stabbing, or burning pain in your legs, arms, hands, or feet? Then you like many people with diabetes may be suffering from DPNP (diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain) which is also none as Diabetic nerve pain. Diabetic nerve pain affects your ability to do everyday things. DPNP is a physical symptom of nerve damage. It can affect any one with either type1 or type2 diabetes. No one knows the exact cause yet. But, if your blood sugars (glucose) are high for a period of time then this could have something to something to do with it. Even though DPNP can be developed at any time people that have had diabetes for a long time are likely to develop the symptoms. Any person who has had trouble controlling their sugar level or they are over weight or over 40 have a grater risk for developing the symptoms. The never damage is mainly seen in your legs and feet and rarely in your arms or hands. Your symptoms can be painful or non-painful. Painful symptoms can be aching and burning. While non-painful symptoms can be numbness and tingling. You should describe your pain to your doctor. Also you should let your doctor know about any things that you may be unable to do such as walking or playing with your children. DPNP can be managed with medication, diet exercise and glucose management. Diabetes is a disease in which your body doesn't produce insulin. There are three major types of diabetes type 1, type 2, and gestational. Type1 diabetes is found in every 5 to 10 percent of all diabetes patients in the United States. Type 1 diabetes results from the body's failure to produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes is found in 90 to 95 percent of all patients in the United States. Type 2 comes from the body's inability to produce sufficient amounts of insulin, and also the body's resistance to insulin, which means that your body doesn't use insulin well. Gestational diabetes accounts for 135,000 patients annually in the United States. It occurs in about 4 percent of all pregnant women. While many pregnant women recover from gestational diabetes after giving birth, many of them have an increased risk for type 2 diabetes. Like me example I am one of the 4 percent. I had gestational diabetes after giving birth to my daughter my doctors thought that the diabetes went away but about a year later I wasdiagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The exact cause of diabetes still hasn't been discovered. But, it's linked to uncontrollable things such as genetics, age, race, and also controllable things like obesity and no excerise. Diabetes isn't curable, Though hit is manageable. The use of medications, dieting, exercise and diabetic monitors (used to test blood sugars). Some of the serious complications may be prevented or minimized. There are over 17 million at risk this includes the 11.1 diagnosed and the 5.9 undiagnosed.