Polyneuropathy of the lower extremities

What is polyneuropathy of the lower extremities? Polineuropathy is classified as a group of diseases that are characterized by an inflammatory process and changes in the nerve endings of the peripheral nervous system.

The causes that underlie the emergence of such a disease as polyneuropathy:

• Kidney disease;
• diabetes;
• Liver disease;
• Atherosclerotic changes;
• Alcohol intoxication ;
• Acute and chronic poisoning with various chemicals.

Therefore, a disease such as polyneuropathy of the lower extremities, is treated depending on the underlying disease that provoked it. Therapeutic tactics fully corresponds to tactics in the treatment of the underlying disease.

For example, polyneuropathy of the legs, which developed due to the presence of the patient such a disease as diabetes. In this situation, in the first place, therapeutic measures should be carried out, which are aimed at stabilizing the carbohydrate metabolism in the patient's body. Only in this case it becomes possible to achieve a stable therapeutic effect of the treatment. Manifestations of polyneuropathy are greatly aggravated in the uncompensated state of diabetes mellitus. After this step, the patient must be able to justify the extreme need to comply with measures to prevent the development of trophic ulcers. Explain the rules of foot care, the replacement if necessary of ordinary footwear for orthopedic. These measures will help to achieve positive results both in preventing the formation of trophic ulcers, and in the treatment of such a concomitant disease as polyneuropathy of the lower limbs. Of the additional drugs used neurotropic drugs and vitamins from group B. Also shown are various physiotherapy procedures and the passage of several massage courses.

With polyneuropathy of the lower limbs, which occurs in people who suffer from chronic alcoholism, the most important and effective moment is a complete refusal of alcoholic beverages. Only in this case there is a sense of further struggle with this painful ailment. It is also very important to provide the patient with nutrition, which is balanced by protein, fat, carbohydrates, and also provides the body with vitamins. Drug treatment includes the provision of detoxification courses, the introduction of vitamins such as ascorbic acid, vitamin A and complex B. It makes sense to use drugs that have vascular effects, such as venotonic and vasodilating medications.

Polyneuropathy, the symptoms of which are manifested not only in inflammation, but also in severe pain syndrome, respectively, requires adequate anesthesia. It is also necessary to take into account that chronic alcoholism, and poisoning of various etiologies, has a toxic liver damage. So, there is a need for using drugs of the hepatoprotector group.

Nowadays, various antioxidants are increasingly used in the therapy of a disease such as polyneuropathy of the lower limbs, for example, lipoic acid. Their extensive clinical trials are conducted, and positive positive results are obtained. And in general, modern scientists associate the development of many diseases with the effect of oxidants accumulating in the human body, which interfere with the metabolic processes taking place in it, oxidize various useful substances, leading to premature aging. So, reducing the level of their content in the body in any disease is a very important task.