Nervous System Damage Signs
"They thought only the usual aches, but it is neuropathy. This is the term for damage to nerves," Luthy said in a discussion about the neuropathy in Jakarta on Wednesday.
He explained that this nerve damage can be caused by disease, trauma to the nerves, systemic disease, medication side effects or age. Neuropathic symptoms, he said, need to know because it can show how severe the damage to the nervous system.
"New symptoms ketida already apparent nerve damage, temporary repairs to nerve damage takes a long time," he said.
According to Luthy, early symptoms are usually tingling neuropathy without cause, sometimes accompanied by numbness, numbness or burning, and when the damage has entered an advanced stage nerves damaged parts of the body will be numb. "It will start from the feet because feet have the longest nerves. The longer the nerve, the nerve to eat the most vulnerable end malfunctioning," he explained.
Other symptoms that arise, he said, could be a burning sensation, skin hypersensitivity, skin unnatural shiny, hair loss in a particular area, weakness in the body and limbs, as well as muscle atrophy or muscle wasting. He also explained that neuropathies are grouped into four namely the damage to the motor system, sensory systems, autonomous systems, and mixed systems.