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  2. Nerve compression syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Nerve compression syndrome, or compression neuropathy, or nerve entrapment syndrome, is a medical condition caused by chronic, direct pressure on a peripheral nerve. [1] It is known colloquially as a trapped nerve , though this may also refer to nerve root compression (by a herniated disc , for example).

  3. Nerve decompression - Wikipedia

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    A nerve decompression is a neurosurgical procedure to relieve chronic, direct pressure on a nerve to treat nerve entrapment, a pain syndrome characterized by severe chronic pain and muscle weakness. In this way a nerve decompression targets the underlying pathophysiology of the syndrome and is considered a first-line surgical treatment option ...

  4. Inferior cluneal nerves - Wikipedia

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    The inferior clunial nerves (also gluteal branches of posterior femoral cutaneous nerve) are branches of the posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh that innervate the skin of the lower part of the buttocks. [1] [2] They pass inferior to the inferior border of the gluteus maximus muscle. [2]

  5. Diabetic neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Tight control of blood glucose can reverse the changes of diabetic neuropathy if the neuropathy and diabetes are recent in onset. This is the primary treatment of diabetic neuropathy that may change the course of the condition as the other treatments focus on reducing pain and other symptoms.

  6. Neuropathic pain - Wikipedia

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    Nerve decompressions are associated with a significant reduction in pain, in some cases the complete elimination of pain. [64] [58] [59] For patients with diabetic peripehral neuropathy (which affects 30% of diabetes patients [65]) and superimposed nerve compression, this may be treatable with multiple nerve decompressions.

  7. Autonomic neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Autonomic neuropathy (AN or AAN) is a form of polyneuropathy that affects the non-voluntary, non-sensory nervous system (i.e., the autonomic nervous system), affecting mostly the internal organs such as the bladder muscles, the cardiovascular system, the digestive tract, and the genital organs. These nerves are not under a person's conscious ...

  8. Neurectomy - Wikipedia

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    For chronic pain it may be an alternative to a failed nerve decompression when the target nerve has no motor function and numbness is acceptable. [1] Neurectomies have also been used to permanently block autonomic function (e.g. excessive sweating in hands [ 2 ] or involuntary muscle movement causing cramps [ 3 ] ), and special sensory function ...

  9. Neuropathic arthropathy - Wikipedia

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    Diabetes is the foremost cause in America today for neuropathic joint disease, [5] and the foot is the most affected region. In those with foot deformity, approximately 60% are in the tarsometatarsal joints (medial joints affected more than lateral), 30% metatarsophalangeal joints , and 10% have ankle disease.