Hippocratic medicine was influenced by the Pythagorean theory that Nature was made of four elements (water, earth, wind and fire), and therefore, in an analogous way, the body consisted of four fluids or ‘humors’ (black bile, yellow bile, phlegm and blood).

The cell was first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665, which can be found to be described in his book Micrographia. In this book, he gave 60 ‘observations’ in detail of various objects under a coarse, compound microscope. Hooke discovered a multitude of tiny pores that he named “cells”.

Hooke’s

The human egg (ovum) is the largest cell in the body and a nerve cell is the longest cell in the human body. The sperm is the smallest cell in human biology, but also one of the most complex.

When an axon is damaged with a laser, it sends out signals to the surrounding tissue to be ‘cleaned up’, triggering the release of proteins that hastens degeneration of the axon. If such molecules are prevented from showing up, it could slow down the progress and extent of nerve damage.

Multifactorial deleterious mechanisms are involved in axonal damage during the acute phase of CNS injury. Those mechanisms include (i) deficiency of energy and metabolites, (ii) calcium (Ca)-mediated cell apoptosis and degeneration, and (iii) myelin-associated inhibitors of axonal regeneration after injury.

Traumatic injury, interruption of blood supply, and degenerative diseases all can damage axons in peripheral nerves, or neuronal cell bodies and synapses in the more complex circuitry of the brain or spinal cord.

While you can’t reverse the damage from neuropathy, there are ways to help manage the condition, including: lowering your blood sugar. treating nerve pain. regularly checking your feet to make sure they are free of injury, wounds, or infection.

A (heat) shock to the system promotes peripheral nerve regeneration.