Diabetes Foot Numbness - Is It Reversal?

QUESTION: My mum has started to feel this numbness on her foot. She is diabetic, and sometimes, she says it is like electrical shock, cannot bare it; but it is not painful.

I was wondering if her diabetes foot numbness can be reversed. If she takes the right precautions, will she not feel the numbness anymore?

By the way, is there any treatment best for this diabetic condition?

ANSWER: Hi there,

In most cases, patients with diabetes are developing diabetic neuropathy, which is causing similar symptoms and mainly loss of sensitivity for hold, cold and others.

This condition is caused by persistent elevated blood glucose concentration, but the good thing is that it can be reversed and treated, if it is in the early stages.

I don’t know the exact condition of your mother; therefore, I suggest to take her to the doctor, because he/she is the only one, who is able to establish the exact diagnose.

I’m telling you this, because sometimes similar symptoms can appear during other medical condition, like vitamin B12 deficiency, tobacco and alcohol consumption and others.

Anyways, if the numbness on the foot of your mother is caused by diabetic neuropathy, she can start treatment with alpha-lipoid acids.

This kind of acid is used in the last few years for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy and it is proved to work.

You have to know that this substance improves the condition of such patients and it reduces the risk for the future development of diabetic neuropathy.

However, this treatment has to be executed according to certain therapy plans and your doctor will inform you about it. This is another reason, why you should go and visit him.

Hope it helped!

Dr.Alba