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Neuropathy is a complicated condition due to many causes, making it difficult to treat.<\/p>\nNeuropathy is a complicated condition due to many causes, making it difficult to treat.<\/p>\n
A new study presented at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting this year, however, found a simple solution.<\/p>\n
There is one pleasant thing everyone can do to drastically improve neuropathy pain, and you\u2019re likely already doing this\u2014just do more of it.<\/p>\n
It’s not obvious why poor sleep can worsen the pain experienced by neuropathy patients, but that is precisely what some studies have found.<\/p>\n
The better you sleep, the less pain you will feel from nerve damage.<\/p>\n
In response, the authors of this study wanted to understand the factors that affect sleep and how social influences might impact the health of people with peripheral neuropathy.<\/p>\n
They studied 24 people diagnosed with this nerve condition. To gather their data, they used several well-known scales to measure sleep quality, pain, and stress levels.<\/p>\n
The participants included 18 women (75%) and their average age was around 67 years.<\/p>\n
The study found some interesting connections between stress and sleep in these patients. <\/p>\n
2. This connection remained strong even after considering age, sex, race, history of major depression, and the pain scale.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
This means that participants who felt more stressed had poorer sleep.<\/p>\n
Now, since poor sleep has previously been found to worsen neuropathy pain, this study implies that managing stress might be a key to better sleep and, in turn, better pain management.<\/p>\n