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Neuropathy is a condition of the nerves that causes numbness, tingling, pain or pins and needles sensations in the hands, feet, arms or legs. It occurs differently for different people, but is always caused by nerve damage of some sort. All Neuropathy is damage to the nerves.

Peripheral neuropathy is when the nerve damage in the peripheral nerves and not the central nervous sysstem.

Neuropathy is caused by the breakdown of the myelin sheath around the nerves. Without this protection the electrical signals are not transferred properly just like if you stripped the covering off the electrical wires in you house.

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