Why Your Nerve Pain Won't Go Away: The Hidden Inflammation
When nerve pain won't let up, the problem may not be the nerve alone — it may be the inflammatory environment around it. In this breakdown, Dr. Fitz explains what chronic, low-grade inflammation is, why it often goes unnoticed, and how it may keep nerves irritated long after whatever first set the pain off. He covers the everyday factors that can feed an inflammatory state — diet, blood sugar, stress, and sleep — why standard workups don't always look for this piece, and how to think about calming the environment around your nerves rather than only chasing the symptom.
What you'll learn in this video
- Why persistent nerve pain sometimes has less to do with the nerve itself than its environment
- What "low-grade" or chronic inflammation means — and why it can go unnoticed
- How ongoing inflammation may keep nerves irritated long after an initial trigger
- The everyday factors — diet, blood sugar, stress, sleep — that can feed an inflammatory state
- Why standard workups don't always look for this piece of the picture
- What may help calm the environment around nerves rather than just chasing the pain