Reversing Alcoholic Neuropathy

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Peripheral neuropathy caused by long-term alcohol abuse is a horrible form of suffering for those who must endure it.  The pain, numbness, burning sensation and weakness in the affected areas can be debilitating and severely lower a person's quality of life. However, there can be comfort taken in the fact that many cases of alcoholic neuropathy may be successfully reversed if proper treatment is performed. The patient must be determined to change However, there can be comfort taken in the fact that many cases of alcoholic neuropathy may be successfully reversed if proper treatment is performed. The patient must be determined to change his lifestyle and remove the destructive factors from his life that so damaged his nerves.


Successful healing of the nerves is also dependent on the extent of the damage in the progression of the disease incurred. Nerve cells do have a limited capacity to regenerate themselves, but dead or severely damaged nerves will not respond to therapy.
More often than not, however, a patient who is diligent with his treatment will experience a significant improvement in his symptoms over a period of time. It will take months or even years for the debilitating pain to fade away, but most patients report that they do see some relief and some people even experience a full remission of their neuropathy symptoms.

All alcohol must be removed from the diet

It goes without saying that the first thing the patient must do is remove all forms of alcohol from his diet. If this is not successfully accomplished, it is almost certain that the disease will progress and the symptoms of peripheral neuropathy will get worse. Neuropathy is a progressive disease and if the underlying cause, in this case alcohol abuse, is not eliminated then the nerve damage will most assuredly spread to the autonomic nervous system. When this happens, the internal organs are affected which can cause sexual dysfunction and digestive problems among other things .

Vitamin B supplements, especially thiamine, are often helpful to suppress alcoholic neuropathy

Many alcoholics suffer from vitamin B deficiency due to the fact that the water-soluble vitamins are flushed from the body in its attempt to rid itself of alcohol.  Because of this, chronic low levels of vitamin B can exacerbate symptoms of peripheral neuropathy in heavy drinkers.Vitamin B, especially vitamin B1 or thiamine, is a critical nutrient necessary for the proper functioning of nerve cells.  It is a very good idea for recovering alcoholics to take a daily multivitamin as well as a daily vitamin B complex vitamin.  There are also specially formulated neuropathy support formula vitamins which include a heavy dose of the B complex as well as additional herbs and nutrients known or suspected to help with the symptoms of peripheral neuropathy.continued on next page treatment of alcoholic neuropathy