People suffering from Diabetic Neuropathy know just how much this disease affects their lives on a daily basis. Simple tasks become difficult or even impossible for them to do. People who are unfamiliar or unaffected by this condition may think that it’s just a little pain to the nerves but those suffering know best when it comes to how much they suffer. Peripheral neuropathy will not only make your health bad but will also ruin your quality of life.
How To Define Quality Of Life
Quality of life means the general well being of a person. In medicine, it is used to mean how well patients adapt to their medical conditions. It mainly measures:
How one feel about the above aspects of their life, their attitude towards their condition and its underlying cause be it HIV/AIDS, diabetes or lupus affects how well they are able to adapt to peripheral neuropathy.
Neuropathy Symptoms Go Beyond Physical;
Peripheral neuropathy causes pain that is categorized as chronic pain. The pain isn’t the kind to take a few painkillers and move on. This pain is one that stems from the nerves being damaged. Nerves that would normally register your pain become the cause of it. When you are constantly feeling that pain it may affect you in many ways.
It is possible to feel like your situation will never be better especially when you are depressed however, there are ways in which you can reduce the effects, both physical and emotional, of peripheral neuropathy and function as close to normal as is possible;
You May Feel Like Your Situation Is Hopeless, Especially If You’ve Become Mired In Depression.