As age increases, various illnesses often follow. Peripheral neuropathy is another symptom that often occurs in the elderly. This peripheral neuropathy is mostly related to the nerves that send information to the brain and spinal cord that are damag. This damage will manifest as more severe symptoms. If the elderly person who has it leaves it untreated and does not seek immediate treatment. 

Peripheral neuropathy is a disease that can be divid according to the cause of the disease. Peripheral neuropathy is a disease that can occur commonly, especially in people over 55 years old.

Mononeuropathy: Mononeuropathy is a disease that damages only one nerve in the peripheral nervous system, hence it is call mononeuropathy. The common causes of this type of neuropathy are physical injuries or accidents โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที. Or carpal tunnel syndrome is a type of isolated neuropathy in which a nerve in the wrist is compress, causing numbness in the hand. It usually affects people who do repetitive hand movements, such as typing all day or using a computer all day.

Polyneuropathy: It is a form of neuropathy in which multiple peripheral nerves are affect. Polyneuropathy is a disease cause by many things, including exposure to certain toxins, regular drinking, vitamin B deficiency, or even complications from diseases such as cancer and kidney failure. It is chronic diseases such as diabetes. It occurs more in people who cannot control their blood sugar levels well. The most common symptoms of polyneuropathy are numbness, tingling. Sometimes loss of sensation in the hands and feet, and a burning sensation in the feet and hands.

Peripheral neuropathy is a symptom that should not be ignore and left until it spreads and causes a loss of time, money. And even the mental strength that the elderly have to use in treating or alleviating the symptoms of neuropathy that have already occurred. But the best way for the elderly is to prevent themselves from getting this disease.