Hanyang Med Rev.  2017 May;37(1):34-39. 10.7599/hmr.2017.37.1.34.

Overview of symptoms, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of various acquired polyneuropathies

• Yu HJ
• Koh SH

• KMID: 2384006
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7599/hmr.2017.37.1.34

Abstract

Polyneuropathy includes a lot of diseases damaging peripheral nerves. It shows roughly the same areas on both sides of the body, featuring weakness, numbness, and burning pain. Polyneuropathy is known to usually begin in the hands and feet and progress to the arms and legs. Sometimes it can involve other parts of the body such as the autonomic nervous system. Lots of causes can induce acute or chronic polyneuropathy, so finding the original cause is most important for the treatment of polyneuropathy. There are too many different types of polyneuropathies to be discussed in this review, so we will discuss some of various acquired polyneuropathies such as diabetic neuropathy, vasculitic neuropathy, alcoholic neuropathy, Vitamin B12 deficiency neuropathy, and drug-induced neuropathy, with special focus on symptoms, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

Keyword

Polyneuropathies; Symptoms; Diagnosis; Pathophysiology; Treatment

MeSH Terms

Alcoholic Neuropathy
Arm
Autonomic Nervous System
Burns
Diabetic Neuropathies
Diagnosis*
Foot
Hand
Hypesthesia
Leg
Peripheral Nerves
Polyneuropathies*
Prognosis*
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency

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