Causes of Nerve Damage, Nerve Injury Symptoms

Your nerves are entangled in everything your body does. So, when a nerve is damaged, the signaling to and from your brain is disrupted. And this disturbance sure can have an unpleasant affect on your being.

Some of the basic causes for creating nerve disruption damage are:

Some of these nerve injuries may only cause a temporary loss of function, except severance. As for now, it causes a permanent loss.

There are three basic types of nerves:

  • motor ~ controls movement
  • sensory ~ relays environmental information for feelings of sensation
  • autonomic ~ controls heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, temperature regulation, etc.

Because your nerves control different stuff, the symptoms resulting from their damage will vary. And symptoms differ depending on which type of nerve is damaged and whether your injury involves nerves in your central or peripheral nervous system.

Here’s just a samplings of symptoms based on the type of nerve injury.

Autonomic nerve damage:

Injury to motor nerves:

Sensory nerve injuries:

Symptoms may arise instantaneously or develop gradually. Also, you may experience a mix of symptoms if more than one type is damaged.

There are oodles of causes for nerve damage. And treatment will depend on the cause of your nerve injury. A few potential causes are:

Because nerve damage can progress into a permanent loss of function, you should mull it over with your health care professional upon your initial inexplicable nerve injury symptom.

Pain relievers help minimize any nerve pain symptoms. Acupuncture is an alternate approach some find helps alleviate their discomfort as well.

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