Blog: nerve damage

The number of Americans suffering from nerve damage is estimated to be roughly 20 million. What is nerve damage? Nerve damage, also called peripheral neuropathy, is a general term for nerve diseases that affect the nerves outside the brain or spinal cord. These nerves are called peripheral nerves, and they send messages from the brain…

Chicken Pox Strikes Again! Shingles is a painful condition caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. The virus can lie dormant in the nervous system for years and reactivate due to stress or other factors. The virus infects nerves and travels through nerve pathways to manifest on the skin as a painful rash.