Your body will not function properly if the nerves are not healthy and working properly. If you have experienced nerve damage as a result of injury or illness, you may be experiencing nerve pain, or neuralgia.
Disease
Disease accounts for a high number of people experiencing peripheral nerve pain. Those suffering from cancer, diabetes and autoimmune diseases are most susceptible to nerve damage. Those suffering from cancer may experience nerve pain for a number of reasons, such as a tumor pushing against a nerve or treatments such as chemotherapy that damage cells. For a cancer patient, curing nerve pain depends on the type of cancer and where you may be in treatment. For diabetics, controlling your insulin and keeping your diabetes under control is the best way to stop nerve damage. For those with autoimmune diseases, the best cure is pain management. This may be narcotic medications, anticonvulsants or antispasticity agents. Nerve blockers that prevent pain from being sensed by the brain are also used. If your symptoms are new, you should consult with your doctor immediately to determine the proper course of action.
Musculo-Skeletal Issues
You may experience nerve pain as a result of a musculo-skeletal issue. These include herniated discs in the spinal column, tendinitis in the elbow or wrist or other injury placing pressure on a nerve. These injuries can lead to permanent nerve damage, but it is often only a temporary issue if skeletal alignment is accomplished and the injury treated quickly. While you may take pain medication to reduce pain, numbness and tingling at the onset of the problems, you should find many of the symptoms going away shortly after you release the pressure on the nerve.
Toxins
Drugs and poisons can damage your nervous system. This includes narcotics, chemotherapy, lead, arsenic, or mercury. If a person receives treatment promptly it is possible that the nerve damage will not be permanent. Quick action is the cure when dealing with poisons and toxins. If the nerve damage is not completely repairable, your doctor may look at medications and nerve blockers to help alleviate and control your pain.
Graft and Transfer
In some instances where the body is unable to regenerate the nerve, a surgeon may reconnect the nerve endings. This can fill gaps to restore nerve function via a nerve graft. A nerve transfer is another possibility where nerve fibers from a different part of the body can be taken to replace damaged nerves.
