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Flu Vaccine and Peripheral Neuropathy

It’s that time of year again… Pre-flu season… And everywhere you look are signs advertising “Flu Shots – Walk Ins Welcome” or “Get Your Flu Shot Today.” For the average, healthy person getting a flu shot is a no-brainer. After all, the flu accounts for 200,000 hospitalizations every year and up to 36,000 deaths.  If [...]

Acute Kidney Failure and Its Deadly Sidekick – Uremic Neuropathy

    When you hear the words “acute kidney failure”, what do you think of? Dialysis? Hospitalization? Symptoms too obvious to ignore? Then you might be surprised to learn that acute kidney failure often doesn’t cause noticeable symptoms.  Many times it’s detected when the patient is already in the hospital for something else and evidence [...]

Is Your Diet Affecting Your Neuropathy?

The next time you have a headache… Or indigestion… Or even muscle cramps or twitching… Go online and “Google” any of those terms and see what you come up with. I’m willing to bet you’ll be terrified by the results. For headache you’ll see anything from brain tumor to bleeding in the brain to meningitis [...]

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