Permanent Peripheral Neuropathy

Permanent Peripheral Neuropathy

Prevalence of Peripheral Neuropathy in Diabetic Patients

Abstract Objective: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is the main risk factor of diabetic foot ulcer and its early diagnosis is important to prevent limb amputation. We assessed the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in diabetic patients. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 352 randomly selected diabetic patients using a standardized questionnaire including age, g...

Peripheral neuropathy.

Patients presenting with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy are commonplace in the practice of generalist physicians, office based or hospitalists. Although there are at least a thousand different causes for peripheral neuropathy, the majority of patients can be properly diagnosed (and managed) based on framing the diagnostic possibilities within one of six typical scenarios. The case presentati...

Peripheral Neuropathy

Quite frequently, podiatrists are faced with difficult patients without an obvious diagnosis. These are patients who may have seen several other specialists who were also stumped by the patient's disease. Often this type of patient involves laboratory testing which includes nerve conduction studies and electromyography. A case of such a patient will be reviewed here. An explanation of how to re...

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To review the literature documenting the scope, treatment, and prevention of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy. DATA SOURCES Published abstracts, primary research literature, and textbook chapters. DATA SYNTHESIS Recent improvements in the management of other treatment-related toxicities have led to peripheral neuropathy becoming a dose-limiting toxicity of commonly used ch...