Magnate
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 2,857
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Magnate
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 2,857
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The jury is still out--
--on whether the substances in cigarettes and such are directly neurotoxic.
However, they can certainly exacerbate already exisiting neuropathy by contributing to vascular inusfficiency (circulation breakdown). This is the prime mechanism in diabetic neuorpathy and some others--the nerves are starved for nutrients and accumulate toxins, which are normally transported away, and wind up malfunctioning.
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