What Is This Burning, Throbbing, or Painful Tingling in My Hands or Feet?

Managing diabetes can be tough. This is especially true when you begin to notice new symptoms. You may be wondering if these symptoms could be related to your diabetes.

The answer could be yes.

The most common type of diabetic neuropathy is peripheral neuropathy (burning, throbbing, or painful tingling in your hands or feet).

In the early stages of peripheral neuropathy, some people have no signs. Some may have numbness or tingling in the feet. Because nerve damage can occur over several years, these cases may go unnoticed. The patient may only become aware of neuropathy if the nerve damage gets worse and becomes painful.

When a person has pain that is caused by nerve damage from diabetes, it is called Diabetic Nerve Pain.

Diabetic Nerve Pain Is a Growing Problem

About 8% of Americans have diabetes. Unfortunately, this number is only growing. As would be expected, the number of people suffering from Diabetic Nerve Pain has also increased.

• It is estimated that 23.6 million Americans are affected by diabetes
• Diabetic Nerve Pain is a common diabetes complication, along with kidney and eye (retinopathy) conditions
• Approximately 26% of patients with diabetes have Diabetic Nerve Pain
• This adds up to 6.1 million Americans with Diabetic Nerve Pain

Nerve pain is different from other types of pain, like pain from a muscle ache or sprained ankle. Common pain medicines like aspirin may not work for nerve pain. However, there is a
prescription treatment. This treatment is clinically proven to provide effective relief from the burning, throbbing, or painful tingling of Diabetic Nerve Pain.