No drugs. No major surgery. Just relief: Diabetic Neuropathy

Diabetic neuropathy is a type of nerve damage that can occur if you have diabetes. High blood sugar (glucose) can injure nerves throughout the body. Diabetic neuropathy most often damages nerves in the legs and feet first.

Depending on the affected nerves, diabetic neuropathy symptoms include pain and numbness in the legs, feet and hands. It can also cause problems with the digestive system, urinary tract, blood vessels and heart. Some people have mild symptoms. But for others, diabetic neuropathy can be quite painful and disabling.

Diabetic neuropathy is a serious diabetes complication that may affect as many as 50% of people with diabetes.

There are four types of diabetic neuropathy but we are going to focus on the main one, peripheral neuropathy.

This type of neuropathy may also be called distal symmetric peripheral neuropathy. It's the most common type of diabetic neuropathy. It affects the feet and legs first, followed by the hands and arms. Signs and symptoms of peripheral neuropathy are often worse at night, and may include:

• Numbness or reduced ability to feel pain or temperature changes

• Tingling or burning feeling

• Sharp pains or cramps

• Muscle weakness

• Extreme sensitivity to touch — for some people, even a bedsheet's weight can be painful

• Serious foot problems, such as ulcers, infections, and bone and joint damage

Pain Care utilizes the most up to date technology and has partnered with Nevro HFX™ to provide our patients with a drug free option.
Nevro HFX™ is the most advanced spinal cord stimulator (SCS) available, offering a wide range of benefits.
Nevro HFX™ is a small FDA-approved device that works within your body to quiet the pain signals to your brain. This device offers significant pain relief from diabetic neuropathy without the side effects of opioid medications.

How does Spinal Cord Stimulation work?

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a well established approach to managing chronic pain. Evidence shows that by delivering mild electric pulses to the nerves- this interrupts the pain signals to the brain in which helps alleviate pain and improving quality of life. SCS's have been used globally for over 30 years. SCS involves a minimally invasive implant procedure that lets you go home the very same day!

What to expect with Nevro HFX™:

Step 1: Speak with a pain management provider (Pain Care)

Step 2: Try HFX™ in a temporary trial:
The trial system delivers the same therapy as the permanent implantable device. This trial is very simple and is performed in our ASC. Leads, which are thin flexible wires, are placed beneath the skin and next to the spine. The patient will wear a temporary device, taped to their back that delivers stimulations to the leads. The system is customized to the patients specific pain. The patient will be able to wear this device for up to 7 days to evaluate their pain relief and improvement to their daily activates.

Step 3: The implant
If the patient and provider agree that the Nevro HFX™ works well for them and they see an improvement in their pain, then the patient can move forward with the implanted device.
This procedure is done in the surgery center (ASC) during a quick and minimally invasive procedure. A small device, known as an IPG, is implanted under the skin, just above the beltline area. This battery device is connected to leads, like in the trial. These leads are placed under the skin near the spine. Once this is done the patient is sent to the recovery area where they will meet with the Nevro representative and learn more on how to control their system. Patients typically stay in recovery for 30 minutes to one hour and then are released to go home that same day. Patients will follow up in two days for a wound check.

Below is a link to a quick quiz to see if you may be a candidate for this procedure.
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