Nerve Damage: What's Going On?

Very short and simple but very useful for people new to neuropathy, todays post from interohealthcare.com (see link below) sums up nerve damage and which nerves are involved in a nutshell. Thanks to the complex nature of neuropathy, it's so easy to forget the basic details of what's happening to your body. This short article is a useful refresher for everybody living with neuropathy.

Neuropathy and Nerve Damage 
Info from WebMD: Never Damage
 
Your nervous system is involved in everything your body does, from regulating your breathing to controlling your muscles and sensing heat and cold.
There are three types of nerves, or neurons, in the body: 

Autonomic nerves. These nerves control the involuntary or partially voluntary activities of your body, including heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, and temperature regulation.

Motor nerves. These nerves control your movements and actions by passing information from your brain and spinal cord to your muscles.

Sensory nerves. These nerves relay information from your skin and muscles back to your spinal cord and brain. The information is then processed to let you feel pain and other sensations.

Nerve pain and nerve damage can be mild. But, because nerves are essential to all you do, nerve pain and damage can seriously affect your quality of life.
What Are the Symptoms of Nerve Pain and Nerve Damage?

With nerve damage there can be a wide array of symptoms. Which ones you may have depends on the location and type of nerves that are affected. Damage can occur to nerves in your brain and spinal cord. It can also occur in the peripheral nerves, which are located throughout the rest of your body.

Autonomic nerve damage may produce the following symptoms:
 
inability to sense chest pain, such as angina or heart attack
too much sweating (known as hyperhidrosis) or too little sweating (known as anhidrosis)
lightheadedness
dry eyes and mouth
constipation
bladder dysfunction
sexual dysfunction

Damage to motor nerves may produce the following symptoms: 
 
weakness
muscle atrophy
twitching, also known as fasciculation
paralysis

Sensory nerve damage may produce the following symptoms:
 
pain
sensitivity
numbness
tingling or prickling
burning
problems with positional awareness

In some instances, people with nerve damage will have symptoms that indicate damage to two, or even three, different types of nerves. For instance, you might experience weakness and burning of your legs at the same time.
 
 http://www.interohealthcare.com/conditions-helped-2/nerve-damage/