Diabetic Neuropathy

What Is It?

Patients with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes often struggle with a form of diabetic neuropathy

Distal symmetric polyneuropathy, which is the condition most people refer to as “diabetic neuropathy”, patients can experience tingling and loss of feeling in the hands and feet, which progresses to muscular atrophy if severe
Autonomic neuropathy, which can cause bowel and bladder incontinence
Thoracic and lumbar nerve root disease, causing polyradiculopathies

Individual cranial and peripheral nerve involvement causing focal mononeuropathies, especially affecting the oculomotor nerve (cranial nerve III) and the median nerve
Asymmetric involvement of multiple peripheral nerves, resulting in a mononeuropathy multiplex

Treatment Options

Nerve Blocks
Medication (Duloxetine, Tricyclic antidepressants, Gabapentin/Pregabalin)
Spinal Cord Stimulator
Capsaicin (8%) Patch
Intrathecal Pain Pumps

Treatment Offered By Kansas Pain Management

Kansas Pain Management offers a comprehensive pain treatment plan that is tailored to each patient’s specific needs. The first step is a thorough evaluation, which includes a medical history, physical examination, and diagnostic testing, if necessary.
Treatment options may include medications, physical therapy, injections, or surgery, depending on the underlying cause of the pain.

Kansas Pain Management also offers a range of minimally invasive procedures to help alleviate pain and restore function. With board-certified and fellowship-trained physicians, Kansas Pain Management is committed to providing the highest quality care for patients suffering from pain. We provide comprehensive and personalised treatment options for pain in Overland Park, Lawrence, Leavenworth/Lansing, Kansas City, Ottawa, Missouri and surrounding areas. We also have a new location at Lee Summit Medical Center in Lee Summit, MO.