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Neuropathic arthropathy (also known as Charcot neuroarthropathy or diabetic arthropathy) refers to a progressive fragmentation of bones and joints in the presence of neuropathy. [1] It can occur in any joint where denervation is present, although it most frequently presents in the foot and ankle. [2]
Visual symptoms including loss of vision or double vision; Speech symptoms including dysphonia (whispering speech), slurred or stuttering speech; Sensory disturbance including hemisensory syndrome (altered sensation down one side of the body) Numbness or inability to sense touch; Dizziness and balance problems; Pain (including chronic migraines)
Diabetic foot conditions can be acute or chronic complications of diabetes. [1] Presence of several characteristic diabetic foot pathologies such as infection, diabetic foot ulcer and neuropathic osteoarthropathy is called diabetic foot syndrome. The resulting bone deformity is known as Charcot foot.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is a genetic neurological condition that causes damage to the peripheral nerves that connect the spine and brain to the arms and legs, according to the Mayo Clinic ...
Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease; Other names: Charcot–Marie–Tooth neuropathy, peroneal muscular atrophy, Dejerine-Sottas syndrome: The foot of a person with Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease: The lack of muscle, a high arch, and claw toes are signs of this genetic disease.
Dejerine–Sottas disease, also known as, Dejerine–Sottas syndrome, [3] hereditary motor and sensory polyneuropathy type III, and Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 3, is a hereditary neurological disorder characterized by damage to the peripheral nerves, demyelination, and resulting progressive muscle wasting and somatosensory loss.
Jean-Martin Charcot (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁtɛ̃ ʃaʁko]; 29 November 1825 – 16 August 1893) was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. [2] He worked on groundbreaking work about hypnosis and hysteria, in particular with his hysteria patient Louise Augustine Gleizes. [3]
Charcot disease can refer to several diseases named for Jean-Martin Charcot, such as: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a degenerative muscle disease also known as Charcot disease or Lou Gehrig's disease; Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, an inherited demyelinating disease of the peripheral nervous system