Peripheral Neuropathy Q&A: Flu and Shingles Shots

syringe drawing from vaccine bottle

Question: Should patients with peripheral neuropathy get flu or shingle shots? Answer: In general, everyone should get the flu shot every year and, as per CDC guidelines, people age 50 and older should get the shingles vaccine. In addition, people with various medical conditions should also get the shingles shot even if they are under […]

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Lynn Mobley shares her peripheral neuropathy story

Lynn Mobley

My athletic husband stumbled. He was tired. He had a disease we’d never heard of. by Lynn Peterson Mobley, as published in The Washington Post We started our ascent of Italy’s Stromboli volcano at dusk, as the Tyrrhenian Sea darkened behind us. It was a long, steady trek upward, but not an exhausting one. At the […]

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Scrambler Therapy for Treating Neuropathic Pain

Pain

by Dr. Thomas Smith and Dr. Charles Loprinzi What is neuropathic pain, from the non-expert oncologist’s point of view? The way we think of it, pain is about the most protective instinct and impulse known to humans! If you touch a hot plate, you retract your hand even before you actually feel the pain. Then, the […]

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