Diabetic Nerve Pain

 

Diabetic nerve pain is a disease or abnormality of the nervous system, which is not curable.  Diabetic nerve pain can occur even before a Diabetes diagnosis is given.  Different nerves may be affected by this condition.  Sensory nerves are those that receive sensations, motor nerves are those that control the muscles and autonomic nerves are those that control body functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, digestion and bladder function.  Nerve Conduction Studies may be completed to determine where the nerve pain has affected the nervous system.

 

Symptoms of nerve pain depend on which nerves are affected, and the means that causes the nerve damage.  Some of the most common symptoms of nerve pain are:

 

  • Numbness

  • Tingling

  • Burning

  • Pain

  • Muscle cramps

  • Urinary and gastrointestinal issues

  • Weakness

  • Cramping in the toes, feet and/or hands

  • Feeling of pins and needles or creepy crawlers

  • Lack of coordination - feeling off balance

  • Difficulty doing certain daily living activities such as raising your arms above your head

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Irmo/Columbia

1494 Lake Murray Blvd.

Columbia, SC 29212

Office: (803) 764-0464

Toll Free: (844) 484-4107

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Northeast Columbia

131A Wildewood Park Drive

Columbia, SC 29223

Office: (803) 939-6141

Toll Free: (844) 484-4108

Fax: (803) 851-0550

Greenville

274B Commonwealth Drive

Greenville, SC 29615

Office: (864) 478-8580

Toll Free: (833) 274-7575

Fax: (864) 478-8520 

Newberry

2041 Medical Park Drive

Newberry, SC 29108

Office: (803) 597-2874

Toll Free: (877) 333-1553

Fax: (803) 597-2934

Charleston

2679 Lake Park Drive

N. Charleston, SC 29406

Office: (843) 823-6800

Toll Free: (877) 243-9883

Fax: (843) 823-6801

Sumter

100 W. Liberty Street

Sumter, SC 29150

Office: (803) 939-6143

Toll Free: (844) 494-1954

Fax: (803) 938-5338

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