Diabetic neuropathy and pain relief

Diabetic neuropathy and pain relief

Diabetes can literally get on your nerves. Burning, numbness, tingling, sharp pain, electric vibration - so often describe the sensation in hands, feet and the fingertips of people who have diabetic polyneuropathy (a complication of diabetes). If you ignore the illness, it is with a considerable degree of probability will be developed. However, together with your doctor and with the help of modern medicine, you can put the pain barrier.

Why does it hurt?

Neuralgia develops gradually. The longer the time pain exist, the stronger pain. It causes serious damage to the nerve cells and eventually lead to their extinction. Since the nervous system may lose the ability to control the painful feeling

Medication against pain

For those who barely perceptible to pain, low potency anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen are very suitable. But if the patient experiences severe pain, it makes no sense to start with low-level drugs. The emergence of non-narcotic drugs, most of which belong to the family of antidepressants and anticonvulsants, changed the approach to the treatment of pain in diabetic neuropathy.

Topical treatment

Local analgesics in the form of a cream or gel can ease tingling, numbness or aching pain in the extremities.Capsaicin have a positive effect, butits not easy to use for people with a burning pain, because Capsaicin itself burns and pricks - as a result, the pain only increases.

Unlike capsaicin, lidocaine anesthetics are applied to the skin in the form of an elastic adhesive (LIDODERM), which does not irritate the skin. The patch can be applied for pain relief to the most affected areas not more than12 hours.

Preventing pain

It is easier and cheaper to prevent pain than to treat it. In addition to careful control of blood sugar. There are three ways to prevent the occurrence of nerve pain: 

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Is the glycemic index useful for controlling blood sugar?

Is the glycemic index useful for controlling blood sugar?

Let’s talk about glycemic index first

What is the glycemic index?

The glycemic index or glycaemic index (GI) is a number associated with a particular type of food that indicates the food's effect on a person's blood glucose (also called blood sugar) level.The number typically ranges between 50 and 100, where 100 represents the standard, an equivalent amount of pure glucose.

Choosing products based on the glycemic index

The glycemic index (GI) is classified as low (10-40), medium (40-70) and high (70-100). Patients with diabetes should avoid high-calorie foods, even if their index is small.

The smaller the GIof the product, the slower it is absorbed, and the more smoothly increases blood sugar after consuming this product. In contrast, products with a high GI almost instantaneously increase blood sugar levels. That is, what will be a certain GI of the product depends on several components: the type of carbohydrate (simple or complex), the quantitative content of protein, fat, fiber, and the heat treatment process. 

Knowing this information is vital to patients with diabetes of any type, as it allows to monitor their health, feel good and to avoid complications. Below is a table of some most common products with their respective GI.

Cereals

Product Name	The glycemic index,%
Corn	90-100
Semolina	70-90
Rice	70-90
Wheat	70-90
Millet	70-90
Rolled oats	50-70
Barley	50-70
Buckwheat	50-70
Oatmeal	30-50
Peas	30-50
Pearl	less than 30
Oatmeal	less than 30

Bakery products

Product Name	The glycemic index,%
Pancakes	50-70
Bagels	70-90
Crackers	90-100
Wheat bread	90-100
Rye bread	90-100
Waffles	70-90
Crackers	70-90
Fritters	50-70
Biscuit	70-90
Yeast dough	70-90
Leaven dough	70-90

Poultry eggs

Product Name	The glycemic index,%
Omelets	30-50
Fried egg	30-50
Chicken Broilers, chickens, geese, turkey	less than 30

Veggies

Product Name	The glycemic index,%
Green Peas	50-70
Potatoes	70-90
Cucumbers	less than 30
Turnip	70-90
Beans	30-50
Other Vegetables	less than 30

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Diabetes diet : should I avoid sweet fruits?

Diabetes diet : should I avoid sweet fruits?

Fruits and berries in the nature of a great many. However, often people with diabetes learn about their disease, they begin to be limited solely to green sour apples. Many people believe that they have less sugar, which means that they can be consumed in unlimited quantities, and then are surprised that the blood sugar "unjustifiably" increases.
Some limit themselves in watermelons, melons, oranges, assuming that they are too sweet, but quietly drinking a lot of apple juice. Someone thinks that the grapes are very good for health, and, as are berry, it does not increase the sugar.
Let's dispel doubts and myths, and finally understand what fruits and how much you can eat in diabetes mellitus type 2.
I must say that in type 1 diabetes, limiting the sweet fruits not the main thing - to prick enough insulin or short-acting in accordance with the need and the amount eaten bread units.

The basic rule

In a day, you can use a limited number of fruits:
2 large fruit (apple, pear, peach, orange, etc.)

OR

3 medium-sized fruit (mandarin, kiwi, apricots, small apples, etc.)

OR

4-5 small fruits (plums, plums, apricots and small, etc.)

10-13 medium-large berries (cherries, strawberries, etc.)

OR

A handful of small berries (currants, blueberries, cranberries, etc.)

OR

300-400 g pulp watermelon or cantaloupe (2-3 pieces, depending on size)

It is possible to combine, for example: 1 medium-large and two medium-sized fruit, 1 large fruit and berries 5 large, 2 medium-sized fruit and ½ a handful of small berries, and so on for your choice.
It is better to eat fruit snack in between meals. The last intake of fruits should be at least up to 4-5 pm, as then they will greatly increase the level of sugar in the blood. So, if eaten after 10 pm, tangerine can raise blood sugar in the morning.

Forbidden Fruit

In addition to the variety of fruit, which are used in diabetes, there are very sweet fruits that contain large amounts of simple sugars and are contraindicated in type 2 diabetes.

These include:
Bananas

Grapes

Figs

Dates

If you are very fond of these fruits, eat, but a little - half. That will be quite enough to appreciate the taste and does not cause damage by increasing blood sugar.

Dried fruits

As for the dried fruits, one must understand here importantly that dried fruits are devoid of moisture, and consequently all the amount of sugar is quite concentrated in them.
Due to the small size and the pleasant taste of dried fruits, eat only limited number. So here we must be careful not to eat more than 2-3 pieces of dried fruit a day.
Dried fruits that can be eaten in the type 2 diabetes:
Dried apricots (dried apricots)

Prune

Dried apples

The dried pear (without the use of sugar syrup)

Dried pineapple, papaya (without the use of sugar syrup)

Dried fruit, which shouldn’t be eaten in the type 2 diabetes:
Figs

Dates

Raisin

Dried bananas

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