What to Do When Your Feet Catch Fire, Part II

What to Do When Your Feet Catch Fire, Part II

In the first part of this series, Pete learned that he had Peripheral Neuropathy, which means that the nerves in his feet were damaged. His doctor gave him Neurontin®, and it worked for a time. But the disease became worse and the anguish got worse. It looked like the drug was having more and more trouble with it.

Pete wasn't happy that there was no remedy for his ailment. He went online and found out...

There are many things that might induce peripheral neuropathy (for a more detailed explanation, check www.neuropathy.org).

These are:

-- Immune-related, the most well-known of which is Guillane-Barre syndrome, in which the immune system affects the Peripheral Nervous System. Leg weakness is frequently the first indicator that someone has this illness.

-- Diabetic, caused by too much sugar in the blood. This can happen in two ways: peripheral (injury to the limbs) or autonomic (damage to the central nervous system).

-- Infectious, caused by HIV, Hepatitis, or Lyme disease.

— Related to drugs and nutrition. Drinking too much alcohol might cause a lack of thiamine (Vitamin B1), which is important for the health of the Peripheral Nervous System.

-- Passed down via generations. Charcot-Marie- Tooth Disease is a type of hereditary neuropathy. The nerves in the legs are the first to be affected, then the nerves in the feet, and finally the nerves in the hands and arms.

-- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Neuropathy caused by repeated injury.

-- Illness that is very bad. Chemotherapy and other treatments for cancer can cause neuropathy.

-- Idiopathic. A way to express that no one knows what makes it happen.

And it looks like no one knows how to fix it.

TWO THINGS YOUR NERVES REALLY NEED.

Too much alcohol can produce neuropathy, which is thought to be caused by a lack of Thiamine, or Vitamin B1, in the body. Thiamine has long been known to be important for the health of nerves, and in 1937 it was connected to the condition Beriberi.

For a long time, it has been known that nerves react to the presence or lack of Vitamin B1. However, only recently has it been demonstrated that the absence of B12, which protects nerve cell sheathing and stimulates and regenerates nerve cells, can also make Neuropathy worse.

Sadly, Vitamins B1 and B12 are both water-soluble complexes that don't stay in the body for very long. It takes 4 to 5 hours for the body to get rid of thiamine, and less than 1/2 of 1% of vitamin B12 taken by mouth is kept. Without this vitamin, it is very hard to receive enough of it, and nerve cells are not effectively protected.

So, is it possible that taking the right amounts of Vitamins B1 and B12 can help mend injured nerves?

There could be a gain that stops the suffering.

Pete was growing terrified. The amount of Neurontin® he was taking wasn't enough, and the neuropathy was quickly taking over his feet.

Where was this going? And, most essential...

Was there a way to halt it? Was there really a remedy out there? Someplace?

Pete found out through his online research that there was some current medical research into how Vitamin B1 could actually reverse Neuropathy, but not much was known.

But then he found out something. Researchers in medicine looked into vitamins B1 and B12 that dissolve in water. These vitamins don't stay in the body long enough to do any benefit.

If the body could keep them for longer...

Stay put; something might happen.

Pete learned that it was possible for the body to keep Vitamins B1 and B12 long enough for them to help with nerve damage. It merely had to be able to dissolve in oil instead of water.

Since the beginning of Chemistry, chemists have used the saying "like dissolves like." People have known for a long time that substances can be split into two groups: polar and non-polar. The first group usually dissolves in water, and the second group usually dissolves in oil.

The body absorbs oil-soluble substances and keeps them longer than polar, water-soluble substances.

Benfotiamine is a new type of vitamin B1 that stays in the body longer than Thiamine. Methyl B12, on the other hand, stays in the body longer and is good for repairing nerves.

When used together, they might be a real option for those with Peripheral Neuropathy, especially those with Neuropathy symptoms in their hands and feet.

SOMETHING ELSE…

Pete needed more than just pain relief. He sought something that would genuinely help him "heal" his ailment, but he couldn't find it in regular medicine.

The meds that were available only blocked or "managed" the pain, and as time went on and Pete's condition got worse, they were having a harder and harder time doing so.

There are vitamin cures that looked promising, but Pete didn't want to test them. He was stuck on the idea that any "alternative" way to fix a medical problem was in the murky world of medical quackery...

And he didn't completely understand that the industry that relies on pharmaceutical firms for its business economy focuses on making people more hooked on drugs, not on real therapy.

But alternative treatments do work, and they don't have the negative effects that regular drugs normally do.

Vitamin therapies that use oil-soluble B complexes are known to be very effective at healing damaged nerve cells without causing side effects. They are founded on strong medical principles and give people with Peripheral Neuropathy a lot of hope for healing.

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