Instituut voor Neuropathische Pijn

Diabetic neuropathy is long-term damage to the nerve fibres. The nervedamage affects usally each foot equally and eventually spreads up thelegs and hands. Some people with diabetes will not develop nervedamage, while others may develop this condition early. Symptomsgenerally begin 10 to 20 years after the diabetes diagnosis.Approximately half of all people with diabetes will eventually developneuropathy.

Diabetes and neuropathy: a simple explanation by Jan M. Keppel Hesselink, MD, PhD, president Foundation IOCOB and founder of the clinic for treatment of neuropathy in Soest, the Netherlands, professor of pharmacology. 

A good control of blood glucose has a tremendous impact on preventing this disease. In 1993 the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial showed the importance of blood sugar control, keeping blood sugar levels close to the normal range and thus reducing the risk of developing neuropathy by 60 percent.

This means frequent testing of blood sugar, and the so called HbA1C levels in the blood, basing insulin intake on the basis of diet and exercise, following a simpel and straighforward diet and exercise plan, and staying in close contact with your treating physician.

In the Youtube a short introduction by the director Research and development of our institute. 

March 2010: prof. dr. Jan M. Keppel Hesselink, MD, PhD