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Low Dose Naltrexone and Neuropathy
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@patrick17 I have neuropathy through shoulders, arms and hands with the right (dominant side) being worse. My pain flares on it's own. For instance, I can wake up with my hands feeling as though someone stomped on them with workbooks. Or they can feel fine until I use them. For instance the fine motor skills of writing, typing or gripping. They burn, ache, pain, and may have shooting pains. I've never thought of compression gloves but I do understand the theory. Another for instance ...when my right side from shoulder down is burning and paining so awful, I lay on it to apply pressure. Same idea I suppose as the gloves. Do you mind sharing the symptoms and type of pain you experience in your hands? The best natural solution for me is to wrap my mine in either heat or ice depending on the type of pain. Thanks for any input you can offer.
Best,
Rachel
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@rwinney Hi Rachel, I’m so sorry for all of your pain. The nerve pain I have is from Parsonage Turner syndrome. It started out as severe pain in my right shoulder. Little did I know at the time that it was more than just shoulder pain. After several weeks I noticed tingling and pain in my arm and eventually it spread to my hand affecting three fingers. After 3 1/2 years I still have pain from my elbow to my hand in my right arm. My left hand has pain, but it is not nearly as bad as my right hand. I have the same pain that you have - burning, tingling, and occasionally shooting pain. Mine is pretty constant, 7 out 10 normally. On bad days it’s an 8. Most any activity I do makes it worse, but I know that after a while it will return to my normal level of pain. I use ice also when the pain is real bad. None of the many creams I’ve tried have helped at all.
As I said compression gloves help a lot. I wear ones with open fingertips because it’s easier to do things with your hands. The brand I mostly use is Isotoner. They are easy to get on and off because they stretch. Ones that are difficult to take off only cause more pain. Another brand I tried recently is ZZCARE. They are very reasonably priced. I like the way they feel when they are on, but are a little more difficult to take off. I find myself wearing a ZZCARE glove on my right hand and an Isotoner glove on my left hand because it’s easier to take off when I need to. As you can tell I’m not fashion conscious!
Rachel, I hope this information will help you.
Patrick
@rwinney Hi Rachel, I would definitely add the compression gloves to your arsenol. They may help. Sometimes I use compression socks for my feet, and that helps at times. Other times, the compression is too great. I also notice that putting heavy pillows on my feet also help, so yes, maybe compression will help you. Oy, this is all so hard. Love to you, Lori
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@rwinney. Just read your post about your pain from neck to fingers I have this from fibro and found when I use Topricin on neck where the nerves come from eventually the burning, tingling goes away Have you tried this Rachael?