Living with neuropathy

A neuropathy symptom tracker for burning, tingling and nights that drag

A chronic illness tracker and gentle companion that already knows what neuropathy can involve — so you do not have to explain it from scratch.

What neuropathy can involve

Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, and it produces sensations that are genuinely hard to put into words: burning, tingling, numbness, sudden shooting pain, or a patch of skin that hurts when a sock touches it. Many people find it is worse at night, which turns sleep into one more thing to get through.

Because the words are difficult, appointments often turn into a search for the right description. Writing it down as it happens, in whatever words you actually used at the time, means you arrive with your own account rather than trying to produce one on the spot. Balance and weakness belong in that record too, since they change what is safe to do.

In the UK it is estimated almost 1 in 10 people aged 55 or over are affected by peripheral neuropathy.
Source: NHS

How a day can feel

If your days sound anything like this, taluvu was made with you in mind.

  • “It burns and it is numb at the same time, somehow.”
  • “The sheets hurt, which sounds ridiculous out loud.”
  • “Nights are the worst and nobody asks about nights.”
  • “I have started watching my feet when I walk.”
  • “Describing it is half the battle in appointments.”

These are the kinds of things taluvu invites you to say in your own words — never a checklist of what anyone “should” have.

What taluvu helps you keep track of

Choose Neuropathy and it starts you with a palette, not a blank form.

These are things people living with neuropathy often want to keep an eye on. Remove any you do not need, add your own, and check in with a few taps on the days you have very little to give.

  • Numbness
  • Tingling
  • Burning pain
  • Shooting pain
  • Weakness
  • Balance problems
  • Sensitivity to touch
  • Worse at night
  • A journal in your own words, not a score
  • A plain-English week view of what stands out
  • A Doctor Summary you own and can print
  • Your care team’s details in one place

taluvu never claims one thing caused another. It shows what is worth noticing and leaves the medicine to your doctor. See how a check-in works.

A calm, colour-coded week view of someone's health story in taluvu, showing gentle patterns rather than a raw score.

Trusted information and support

Places we point people to for neuropathy.

The same sources and communities taluvu links to inside the app. They are independent of us; please check anything important with your own care team.

Information sources

Communities

Questions people ask

Neuropathy and taluvu, in plain answers.

Short, honest answers about what taluvu does and does not do for neuropathy. Nothing here is medical advice.

Is taluvu a neuropathy symptom tracker?

Yes. Neuropathy is built into taluvu with a starting palette of numbness, tingling, burning pain, shooting pain, weakness, balance problems, sensitivity to touch and symptoms that are worse at night. You can add your own words for any of it.

Can I describe sensations in my own words?

Yes, and that matters more here than in most conditions. Every check-in has room for a line, so burning, crawling or electric can be written down as you would say it, rather than forced into a scale.

Does taluvu find the cause of my neuropathy?

No. taluvu does not investigate causes or interpret symptoms, and it never claims one thing caused another. Working out why nerves are affected is a job for your GP or neurologist, and tests they arrange.

Can I record that nights are worse?

Yes. You can note when symptoms were at their worst, so a pattern of bad nights is visible rather than being lost. Sleep disruption is often the part that affects the next day most, and the part least often asked about.

Getting taluvu

Carry neuropathy with a little more company.

taluvu is an iPhone app. A membership comes with a free trial, and the price and terms are shown in full before you are ever asked to pay.

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Other conditions

taluvu understands more than one thing at once.

Over a hundred conditions are built in, including living without a diagnosis yet. Choose as many as apply.

taluvu is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Nothing on this page is a substitute for advice from your own doctor or care team. taluvu helps you organise and describe your own experience — see the Medical & AI Disclaimer.

If you are in crisis or need urgent help, contact your local emergency services or a crisis line. In the UK, call 999 in an emergency, NHS 111 for urgent advice, or Samaritans free on 116 123.