Neuropathy can involve frustrating and uncomfortable symptoms like tingling, burning, pain and numbness. Unfortunately, it can also lead to serious health risks due to complications from injuries and infections. If you’re concerned about neuropathy and protecting your well-being long term, functional medicine can help.
The most common type of care individuals receive for neuropathy symptoms is medication. Pharmaceutical support may successfully help with pain relief, but this is not the only option for care, and it isn’t necessarily the best choice, either. Medications may effectively mask symptoms such as pain, but they do not address or manage the underlying cause of your condition.
Neuropathy is a symptom of an underlying health problem, one that needs to be investigated, uncovered and properly managed. This is the most effective way to help your condition physiologically. Something is causing the effect on your nervous system. A practitioner who is trained in functional medicine will utilize a variety of tests as part of a comprehensive evaluation to find that root cause.
A comprehensive evaluation is typically much more involved than most people who’ve sought medical care for neuropathy realize. Metabolic function tests, nutritional status evaluations, and tests of the immune system may be necessary. Thyroid function and adrenal function may also be assessed, and more. Neuropathy tends to be a complex problem, one that involves a variety of systems, glands and organs throughout the body.
Once the underlying reason for neuropathy is established, functional neurologists formulate a customized plan of care for the patient. This plan consists of safe, natural therapeutic support that can help restore normal function as fully as possible. Symptom relief occurs as the body begins to heal and balance is restored. Best of all, optimal wellness may serve as a lifelong solution to neuropathy symptoms.