Doctors say that polyneuropathy is difficult to treat and has a tendency to progress. In this case, the most effective complex treatment, which is aimed at eliminating symptoms and suppressing autoimmune reactions, if they became the causes, detoxification of the body, if the cause was poisoning or treatment of the underlying disease that prompted such a reaction of the body.
Polineuropathy - treatment with folk remedies
Treatment of polyneuropathy in the home is quite problematic, as the patient needs medications. The only home remedy can be considered therapeutic exercise, which is designed to develop motor functions and prevent muscle atrophy.
For local warming up and reducing pain, special pepper patches that contain capsaicin are used. Before applying, you need to lubricate the affected area with ice medicine.
Preparations for the treatment of polyneuropathy
Symptomatic treatment of polyneuropathy consists, first of all, in muffling the pain syndrome. This is difficult to achieve with the use of analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. To reduce pain, local anesthetics, antidepressants and anticonvulsants are used.
Anticonvulsants contribute to inhibition of nerve impulses coming from damaged nerves. Among this group of drugs used carbamazepine, pregabalin, gabapentin.
Pregabalin is taken at 75 mg, gradually increasing the dosage to 150-200 mg.
Gabapentin is taken in the evening before bedtime 200 mg, gradually increasing the dosage to 400 mg 3 times a day.
Carbamazepine is taken at 150 mg per day, gradually increasing the dosage to 400 mg. Individual dosages are set by the attending physician.
Antidepressants are effective due to the ability to activate the noradrenergic system. The choice of an antidepressant is determined individually, since this group of medicines can induce psychic dependence.
In toxic polyneuropathy, treatment, first of all, is aimed at detoxification of the body, and then comes the treatment of the disease itself.
Treatment of polyneuropathy after chemotherapy does not differ from the usual course, except for the private recommendations of the treating doctor who conducted chemotherapy. When the body is weakened, it is important to support it not only with medications, but also with restorative ones, if there are no contraindications to them.
The treatment of all types of polyneuropathy, first of all, is aimed at eliminating the disease-cause, it is common only to eliminate the symptoms of polyneuropathy. A full-fledged treatment regimen is established individually.