When your doctor first mentions the words Peripheral Neuropathy, you may mistakenly believe that he or she is diagnosing you with a single disorder or disease.
This is not the case. Neuropathy, often called peripheral neuropathy, indicates a problem within the peripheral nervous system which is the network of nerves outside your brain and spinal cord.
Peripheral Neuropathy is not a single disorder but rather the result of many diseases that affect the nervous system.
When your doctor refers to Peripheral Neuropathy, he is simply naming the resulting pain and problems that some other medical condition has caused.
Peripheral Neuropathy is the pain you feel because of damage to the peripheral nervous system.
That’s one of the reasons why it is so difficult to diagnose and treat – because it is the consequence of another problem. Unless (and until) you diagnose and treat what is causing the Neuropathy, you are not going to be able to break free from its painful grip