Where in michigan can i find a doctor for neuropathy?
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my family doctor said thats all he can do for me is to give me pain pills, thank you for any help that you can give.
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Diabetes mellitus is impaired insulin secretion and variable degrees of peripheral insulin resistance leading to hyperglycemia. Early symptoms are related to hyperglycemia and include polydipsia, polyphagia, and polyuria. Later complications include vascular disease, peripheral neuropathy, and predisposition to infection. Diagnosis is by measuring plasma glucose. Treatment is diet, exercise, and drugs that reduce glucose levels, including insulin and oral antihyperglycemic drugs. Prognosis varies with degree of glucose control.
It appears that you are not controlling diabetes properly with diet, exercise and drugs. The damage, if any, occurred to the nerve cells are irreversible. If you control your blood sugar, there will be much relief to your symptoms.
Reduce fat and oils in your diet. Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. This kind of diet includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish (not canned in oil), vegetables, poultry, egg whites, and polyunsaturated oils and margarines (corn, safflower, canola, and soybean oils). Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, lard, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.
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Look for pain clinics in the state of Michigan. I don't know where you are but you may have to travel a little.
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