When you think of Neuropathy, what comes to mind? If you said, “A tingling, or burning, in your lower extremities,” then you are correct, for the most part. However, not only your legs and feet but ...

Cooling gloves may help reduce the effects of peripheral neuropathy due to chemotherapy, including symptoms such as pain, tingling, and numbness in the hands. Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the ...

Peripheral neuropathy can develop as a complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). You may find similar treatments for both, but your doctor is best equipped to determine what medications may work for ...

An air traffic controller for more than 30 years, Eric Tandberg is used to living with stress. He has also guided himself through years of cancer treatments, including three blood stem cell ...

Hand cooling and compression reduced the incidence of grade ≥ 2 chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) by nearly 50% in patients with breast cancer receiving taxane-based chemotherapy. Both ...

A new study has found evidence that vitamin D supplements may reduce chemotherapy-induced neuropathy (CIPN) in people with low levels of the vitamin. Peripheral neuropathy is often described as ...

Cryocompression was found to be tolerable and effective in preventing chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in a small study. A combination of compression and cold called cryocompression may help ...

Cryotherapy is emerging as a promising, low-risk approach to combat chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, a common and potentially devastating toxicity of chemotherapy. A growing body of ...

Practicing yoga on a regular basis may help soothe the adverse effects of peripheral neuropathy, and some research backs this up. In one study, people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy completed two ...