Replied by Art (California ) on 11/21/2016

I have a friend with a similar neuropathy. No pain or tingling, just numbness in both feet which causes him balance issues because his feet do not provide the feedback to the brain to help keep him balanced. He told me that people often think he is drunk because he will be standing and then all of a sudden he starts to lean because he is loosing his balance and will start to stumble sideways, forwards or backwards to try and regain his balance and footing, much like someone who is drunk. His doctor has been unable to help him to resolve the problem and the condition is getting worse with time. He has had this condition for at least 5 years and it has continued to worsen each year.

He went to an accupuncturist and that helped a little as long as he continued to go, but as soon as he stopped going, the neuropathy was back to full force.

Recently he had a sinus infection and his doctor prescribed Doxycycline for it. As he neared the end of the Doxycycline regimen, his sinus infection was clearing up and he noticed that he was getting feeling back in his feet. Unfortunately his doctor would not prescribe more doxycycline. My friend asked me if I knew of anything that might act as a substitute for doxycycline and the first thing that came to mind was silver nanoparticles so he asked me if I would make him some. I made him a concentrated one quart bottle of 320 ppm silver nanoparticles to try. He took the bottle home and then went on line to read about silver nanoparticles and he ended up reading the misinformation about the "blue man", and after reading that he decided to not take the silver nanoparticles and I reluctantly took the bottle back.

Doxycycline is a fairly common antibiotic that is typically used to treat a multitude of bacterial infections and there are many natural treatments that have strong antibacterial qualities. Of course colloidal silver would fall into that category and two that come to mind right off the top of my head are Olive Leaf Extract and garlic.

There is no telling if this will work for others, just an anecdotal report about one person's experience.

Art

Replied by J. (Bozeman, Montana) on 11/23/2016

Thanks, I'll be looking into the colloidal silver. My wife is also going to mix up some concoction with garlic and lemon. I'll be starting B12 lozenges soon, too.

Let's hope!

J.

Replied by Gratitude (Northeast, Usa) on 11/24/2016

Similar thing happened to me recently. Mine was from a severe B1 deficiency (B1 not B12). You may want to consider getting your b1 levels checked along with b6 and b12 which can also cause problems like these. The neurologist I went to said he is seeing more and more cases of b1 deficiency.

Something to consider. Hope you find a solution soon,

Gratitude

Replied by Art (California ) on 11/24/2016

I'm a little confused by your posts. You say you have no pain in your feet, but you also say you have paresthesia in your feet which I would consider a form of pain.

My friend that I mentioned previously, who has idiopathic neuropathy, has no pain or paresthesia.

Apparently the fact that the doxycycline helped to return some feeling to his feet would suggest a bacterial pathogen could be at work, possibly affecting the nerves that go to the feet. There is no specific diagnosis by his doctor other than idiopathic peripheral neuropathy which seems like a roundabout way of saying we don't know what is causing this.

My friend also has varicose veins with weakness in his legs. His doctor didn't say why he would not extend his doxycycline prescription. In hind sight, it would have been nice if he would have at least tried the silver nanoparticles because they have shown synergy with doxycycline as mentioned in this study:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280090627_Doxycycline_conjugated_with_polyvinylpyrrolidone-encapsulated_silver_nanoparticles_a_polymer's_malevolent_touch_against_Escherichia_coli

or this one:

http://downloads.arums.ac.ir/congress/Simultaneous.pdf

He tried to go hunting in October which he used to do all the time, but this time he said he kept falling down while trying to navigate the uneven terrain. He is 75 years old and in very good shape except for his balance issues related to the neuropathy in his feet.

There are quite a few natural antibacterials beyond the first three that I mentioned including many essential oils that can be applied topically if diluted properly in a carrier oil, grapefruit seed extract, iodine and vitamin D which allows production of cathelicidin, a natural antimicrobial.

Art

Replied by J. (Bozeman, Montana) on 11/26/2016

Thanks, I'll be check those levels in the near future.

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Art,

Sorry for the confusion. I have just numbness and yes, I fall down once in a while, too.

Replied by Lori (PA) on 03/08/2023