Neuropathy: nerve deserted

Excess sugar in the blood damages all nerves in the body. The sweet substance damages the nerve cells, not directly, but indirectly: people with diabetes suffer from blocked and leaky veins. Do not enter the bloodstream properly, get enough nutrients and enough oxygen molecules into nerve cells, the nerve starve, eventually they die.

The first happened at the very fine branching nerve fibers in the skin that transmit pain signals and touch stimuli. Are these delicate nerves destroyed, you may feel a tingling sensation, although nothing is crawling. Perhaps you feel nothing more: The place has become deaf.
Stabbed in the foot, fire in the toes

Most of the nerve disorder starts at the toes and feet: First, you only feel a tingling sensation. Later, pain go like stitches in the foot. It burns like fire, the blanket weighs like lead on you. Over time, toes and feet feel numb. They accept these authorities do neither heat nor cold.

They already have a deaf spot? Then the danger is great that you injure yourself without realizing it. In the patients affected with very high blood sugar is especially bad because their wounds heal poorly and can therefore ignite. Then come moist, open places. Often the nerves of the sweat glands are damaged. Dry feet and calluses are thickened skin with a sure sign it.
Sugar can paralyze even the entire body lay control

Not only small nerves may also be particularly important to the excess sugar perish. Among the most important nerve cells include, for example those that control our body: they determine the heartbeat or the interaction between the stomach and intestines.

Such nerves are not supplied properly, the heart beats too fast perhaps. As in such cases is usually already degraded the nerves for the perception of pain are, even a heart attack go unnoticed - and fatal.

Often maltreat the underserved and nervous stomach and intestine: for example, diarrhea or constipation. The fibers then stimulate the bowel either too much or too little. The same can also play in the stomach. After the meal, can cause nausea and bloating. To avoid this, you should keep your blood sugar close to normal. These complaints, however, can have quite different causes - such as a stomach ulcer. Go with these symptoms, so dear to the doctor.