Hina Khan Suffers Severe Neuropathic Pain: Know Its Symptoms, Causes And Treatment

Hina Khan is battling with stage three breast cancer. The renowned TV actress has been sharing her health updates with her fans on social media. Recently, the Bigg Boss 11 fame took to Instagram and shared that she has been suffering from severe neuropathic pain, a condition that is impacting her daily life. “As you all know, I have this crippling neuropathic pain and it makes standing more than a few minutes at a stretch extremely difficult,” she wrote.

The Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actress further mentioned that she initially thought to cancel an event, which required her to stand for more than one hour. “I wanted to refund and cancel this deal because this event required me to stand for one and half hours on the stage and I was extremely nervous and not sure if I will be able to pull it off,” wrote Hina.

Here is all you need to know about Neuropathic Pain:

What is Neuropathic Pain?

Neuropathic pain is nerve pain that occurs when your nervous system fails or gets damaged. One can experience pain at any level of your neural system, including your peripheral nerves, spinal cord and brain. The damaged nerve fibres deliver wrong signals to pain centres in the body, causing neuropathic pain. According to studies, this pain can be felt differently from other kinds of pain.

What are its causes?

Neuropathic pain can occur due to various reasons, including diabetes, alcohol use disorder, central nervous system diseases like Parkinson’s disease, shingles, HIV/AIDS, chemotherapy medicine (which could be the reason why Hina felt this severe pain), Radiation therapy, surgeries that resulted in nerve damage, and tumours, among others.

What are its symptoms?

Symptoms of neuropathic pain include:

1. Severe pain:This may involve burning, stabbing, or electric shock-like pain in the body.
2. Numbness:People having neuropathic pain might be extremely sensitive to touch, cold or heat.
3. Muscle Weakness:People might feel extreme muscle weakness, especially in the feet area.
4. Insomnia:Neuropathic pain might cause sleepless nights.
5. Dysesthesia:Any unexpected sensations that are unusual, unpleasant or painful
6. Losing Balance:People having severe pain in their feet might lose balance while walking or even standing.

Treatment:

1. Contact Health Expert:The first and most important step to treat neuropathic pain is to immediately contact a health expert who can suggest suitable medications for the condition.
2. Lifestyle Changes:Adapt healthy lifestyle habits such as regular exercising, a healthy diet, quitting smoking, avoiding alcohol, keep tracking your blood sugar levels.
3. Physical Therapy:This method helps to ease the soreness, stiffness and discomfort caused by the neuropathic pain. It can also motivate your body to manufacture more natural pain-relieving substances.
4. Surgery:In some cases, the medical expert might suggest you undergo surgery to treat neuropathic pain.Severe neuropathic pain can lead to depression, anxiety and even cognitive changes.