The construction of this track cost about $80,000 by itself (Covington 21). Vanderbilt did not only supply jobs in the construction of his house but in the construction of the track as well. This project also helped pour money into the local economy.
Similar symptoms such as tingling, burning, pain, and numbness occur in the hands. Treatments, pain management, and preventive measures are probably similar in hand neuropathy to foot neuropathy, but hand neuropathy has had far less attention, so it is difficult to say if this is always true.
Studies have shown that many of the cases of peripheral small fiber neuropathy with typical symptoms of tingling, pain, and loss of sensation in the feet and hands are due to glucose intolerance before a diagnosis of diabetes or pre-diabetes.