Stress and Peripheral Neuropathy

During these unprecedented times, stress has been even more prevalent in everyday life. For patients with peripheral neuropathy, it is imperative to identify the factors that are causing stress in order to help eliminate those factors as best as one can. Research published in 2017 notes that chronic stress may worsen neuropathic pain. Please be on […]

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Peripheral Neuropathy and Mental Health

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Mental health can become a concern for patients with chronic conditions such as peripheral neuropathy. During recent months when the pandemic has disrupted many of our usual routines, mental health for patients and their families can become even more of an issue. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy asked two experts on the subject for their […]

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Slow Down for Summer: Mindfulness for Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy

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Shanna Patterson, MD, and Kripa Ahuja provide insight on mindfulness and its positive impact for patients with peripheral neuropathy. Does Mindfulness Help? Summer is a time for relaxation, reflection, and rejuvenation. In the spirit of slowing down, we wanted to take this opportunity to delve into the topic of mindfulness. Mindfulness has proliferated in the […]

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Coping with Peripheral Neuropathy

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In the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy’s March 2019 e-newsletter, Dr. Joseph Breitenstein, a professor of psychology and licensed psychologist at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and two of his students, Jimmy Conway and Anna Larson, invited people with peripheral neuropathies to participate in a survey on coping with peripheral neuropathy. The main part of the […]

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Friends Make Pain Less Painful

Researchers studied two separate groups of lab mice to find that social interaction can lessen the pain from nerve damage. Mice who lived with a ‘social partner’ were able to withstand much higher levels of pain. These results imply that simply not being alone can be effective as an alternative treatment for PN. READ MORE […]

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