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  2. Peripheral neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Peripheral neuropathy, often shortened to neuropathy, refers to damage or disease affecting the nerves. [1] Damage to nerves may impair sensation, movement, gland function, and/or organ function depending on which nerve fibers are affected. Neuropathies affecting motor, sensory, or autonomic nerve fibers result in different symptoms. More than ...

  3. Neuritis - Wikipedia

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    Neuritis is often conflated with neuropathy, a broad term describing any disease process which affects the peripheral nervous system. However, neuropathies may be due to either inflammatory [ 6 ] or non-inflammatory causes, [ 7 ] and the term encompasses any form of damage, degeneration, or dysfunction, while neuritis refers specifically to the ...

  4. Neuropathic pain - Wikipedia

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    While some studies on orally administered ALA had suggested a reduction in both the positive symptoms of diabetic neuropathy (dysesthesia including stabbing and burning pain) as well as neuropathic deficits (paresthesia), [74] the meta-analysis showed "more conflicting data whether it improves sensory symptoms or just neuropathic deficits alone ...

  5. Polyneuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Micrograph showing peripheral neuropathy . Polyneuropathy is peripheral neuropathy occurring in the same areas on both sides of the body. Specialty: Neurology Symptoms: Ataxia [1] Causes: Hereditary (Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease), and acquired (alcohol use disorder) [2] Diagnostic method: Nerve conduction study, urinalysis [3] [1] Treatment

  6. 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).

  7. Peripheral mononeuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Peripheral mononeuropathy is a nerve related disease where a single nerve, that is used to transport messages from the brain to the peripheral body, is diseased or damaged. [1] Peripheral neuropathy is a general term that indicates any disorder of the peripheral nervous system . [ 2 ]

  8. Peripheral nervous system - Wikipedia

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    Peripheral neuropathy is associated with a sensory loss in a "glove and stocking" distribution that begins at the peripheral and slowly progresses upwards, and may also be associated with acute and chronic pain. Peripheral neuropathy is not just limited to the somatosensory nerves, but the autonomic nervous system too (autonomic neuropathy). [8]

  9. Small fiber neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Small fiber peripheral neuropathy is a type of peripheral neuropathy that occurs from damage to the small unmyelinated and myelinated peripheral nerve fibers. These fibers, categorized as C fibers and small Aδ fibers , are present in skin , peripheral nerves , and organs. [ 1 ]

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