This can affect the production of other nutrients that the nerve cells need to function. The nerves slow down. After many years of living with too much glucose, the nerves suffer permanent damage. Smoking Your nerves are fed by small blood vessels. When these blood vessels are damaged, the nerves are deprived of oxygen and suffer damage.
Smoking makes neuropathy worse.
This may be because smoking further damages blood vessels, which have already suffered damage from diabetes. Alcohol People with diabetes who drink a lot of alcohol are more likely to develop nerve disease than people who consume little or no alcohol. Among those individuals who have nerve disease, heavy drinkers often develop more severe neuropathies. This is called an autoimmune attack. This is a rare but often disabling problem in young people.