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Pain Pill Addiction and Neuropathy - Looking for Guidance
Neuropathy | Last Active: Aug 24, 2020 | Replies (73)Comment receiving replies
This is one of those areas where one has to be very careful, whether treating yourself, or someone else, or just making a suggestion. My neuropathy was making me even consider suicide for several months. However, I read about Turmeric, and that it might help, so I tried it. Now, a couple years later, I still use about 1/8 tspn in a glass of warm water whenever I feel the neuropathy coming on. Right now, I have not used any since Christmas. The danger, though, is that the Turmeric has much the same blood thinner effect as warfarin. One possibility of the success is that the Turmeric helps the blood get through the myelin sheath around the nerve, thus bring some healing to the damaged sheath or nerve molecules. I was having neuropathy all over my body, from toe to pate. The worst was in my peritoneal area, giving me a complete change of feeling in my hips, from itch to wild burn as my dystrophies progressed. I pray this relief from Neuropathy holds.
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@oldkarl I'm glad the turmeric helps you, but it won't make blood cells pass through the vessel walls. The blood cells are floating in the plasma and sometimes the cells can get clumped together. Keeping hydrated will add to blood volume by adding to the fluids so the cells can pass more easily. The arteries carry the oxygenated blood which passes through smaller vessels until it get to the smallest of all, the capillaries where sometimes, just a few cells can pass at a time, from there it empties into veins that get larger as it goes back toward the heart and lungs to be re-oxygenated. The blood cells never leave the circulatory system unless there is a tear in a vessel and that is what happens in a bruise where blood cells escape. The body fluids can pass through the vessel walls and that is how the exchange of gasses happens with the cells in your body. Turmeric does help decrease inflammation. I don't know how turmeric and warfarin interact, but that would be a good discussion to have with your doctor. It's always good to discuss any supplements you are taking when you discuss medications.