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What are the Risk Factors that can Cause Neuropathy Nerve Damage

Neuropathic Pain and other symptoms can be caused by:

  • Accidents and falls where nerves get damaged.
  • Alcoholism
  • Amyloidosis (metabolic disorder)
  • Autoimmune disorders 
  • Bariatric Surgery (see: Nutrition key to preventing neuropathy after bariatric surgery ) 
  • B12 Deficiency
  • Bell's Palsy
  • Cancer
  • Cancer treatments
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Celiac Disease
  • Charco Marie-Tooth disease
  • Post Chemotherapy Treatment  (See Chemo-Induced Side effects for other side effects)) See Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Cholesterol lowering drugs such as Lipitor.  These block cholesterol which the nerves are made of. 
  • Chronic kidney failure
  • Compression of nerves (called compression neuropathy)
  • Connective tissue disease (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, sarcoidosis)
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Cryoglobulinemia (which literally means "cold antibody in the blood")
  • Denture Cream use.
  • Diabetes mellitus - due to high blood sugar damaging the nerves
  • Diet
  • Foods that are toxic
  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome / Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (AIDP)
  • Hepititis B - Infections
  • Hepititis C - Infections
  • Hereditary
  • Herniated disc
  • Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
  • HIV/AIDS - Infection
  • Hormonal imbalances
  • Inflammation - Inflammatory Neuropathy caused by infections bacterial or virus.
  • Infectious disease (e.g., HIV/AIDS - some medications for HIV, hepatitis B, leprosy) 
  • Inherited
  • Kidney Disease
  • Leprosy Infection 
  • Liver failure
  • Lumbar Back Surgery
  • Lupus - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  • Lyme Disease - Infection
  • Medications have a side effect of neuropathy - Lyrica, Cymbalta, Duloxetine hydrochloride, Pregabalin, and more. See Neuropathy as a Side Effect)     
  • Metformin Use (see Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Metformin Usage Trigger Peripheral Neuropathy) or this article Metformin May Cause Low B12, Nerve damage - Diabetes Drug Linked To Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Nerve Injury
  • Monoclonal Gammopathy
  • MSG
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MNN)
  • POEMS -  syndrome is a rare multisystem disorder caused by the improper growth of bone marrow cells, resulting in an abnormal accumulation of proteins (immunoglobulin) in tissues and organs
  • Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN)
  • Radiation Treatment
  • Radiculopathy
  • Repetitive Stress
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Riding Accidents - Horse falling on rider and damaging nerves
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Shingles
  • Sjögren's Syndrome - Inflammatory
  • Surgeries that damage a nerve
  • Swollen blood vessels
  • Surgeries that damage a nerve
  • Systemic Disease
  • Toxins
  • Trapped, pinched or compressed nerves - entrapment neuropathy
  • Trauma
  • Tumors
  • Vascular Disease
  • Vasculitis
  • Viral Infection
  • Vitamin deficiencies (e.g., pernicious anemia, B12 deficiency, etc.)
  • Zinc induced copper deficiency (denture adhesive creams
  • Zicam ?   See http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/zicam.asp

For more detailed  information about the causes of Neuropathy go here http://www.neuropathy-treatment.info/causes-of-neuropathy.htm 

For information about the nerve damage, what it is, why the symptoms, and what to do about it.  See Neuropathy

Quote About Chronic Neuropathy & its cause:

ScienceDaily (June 29, 2009) "Multiple sclerosis, diabetic neuropathy, and other conditions caused by a loss of myelin insulation around nerves can be debilitating and even deadly, but adequate treatments do not yet exist."

For an adequate treatment see Nerve Support Formula

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