Polyneuropathy, Paraneoplastic
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Definition of medical terminology for Polyneuropathy, Paraneoplastic.
Polyneuropathy
Disease of the peripheral nerves (nerves outside the brain and spine). Polyneuropathy is typically caused by toxic or metabolic disorders.
Amyloid polyneuropathy- transthyretin related
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Polyneuropathy - sensorimotor
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Polyneuropathy means disease of nerves. Sensorimotor polyneuropathy is damage to nerves other than the brain or spinal cord. Such nerve damage is called peripheral neuropathy.
Polyneuropathy - sensorimotor
Definition of Sensorimotor polyneuropathy:
Sensorimotor polyneuropathy is a decrease in movement or ability to feel (sensation).
Polyneuropathy means disease of nerves. Sensorimotor polyneuropathy is damage to nerves other than the brain or spinal cord. Such nerve damage is called peripheral neuropathy.
Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy - Peripheral Neuropathy
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
Symptoms & Signs
Diagnosis & Tests
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What is Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)?
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a neurological disorder characterized by progressive weakness and impaired sensory function in the legs and arms.
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a disorder that affects the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord (peripheral nerves).
polyneuropathy
plinj rpi noun any disease which affects several nerves NOTE The plural is polyneuropathies
polyopia ...
POLYNEUROPATHY
Neuropathy involving a number of different nerves
POSTERIOR
Rear side, or behind.
Polyneuropathy See neuropathy, peripheral.
Polytoxicomanie See multiple drug use.
problem, alcohol-related See alcohol-related problem.
Polyneuropathy in Diabetes
Definition
Diabetic neuropathy is defined as nerve damage (neuropathy) resulting from decreased blood flow and elevated blood sugar levels secondary to diabetes and is a complication of this disease.
polyneuropathy (which can be associated with hypothyroidism, heavy metal toxicity, toxins, and many other conditions),
other hormone diseases such as diabetes, and
kidney failure (which can be associated with vitamin and mineral deficiency).
Polyneuropathy
Neuropathy of many peripheral nerves simultaneously
Polyuria ...
- polyneuropathy.
Psychiatric signs:
- hyperkinetic behavior, irritability or anger; ...
ALCOHOLIC POLYNEUROPATHY
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AllRefer Health - Alcoholic Neuropathy (Alcoholic Polyneuropathy, Neuropathy - Alcoholic) ...
Symmetric polyneuropathy is most common and affects the distal feet and hands (stocking-glove distribution); it manifests as paresthesias, dysesthesias, or a painless loss of sense of touch, vibration, proprioception, or temperature.
Alcoholic polyneuropathy ... reduced deep tendon reflexes
Alcoholic, reversible acute muscular ... weakness, muscle cramp, muscle ache
Alcoholism ... premenstrual discomfort, shakiness
Aldehyde syndrome ... muscle weakness
Aldolase A deficiency ...
Acute inflammatory polyneuropathy
Acute intermittent porphyria
Acute interstitial (allergic) nephritis
Acute interstitial nephritis not NSAID related
Acute kidney failure
Acute lung injury
Acute lymphocytic leukemia
Acute MI ...
Congenital Hypomyelinating Polyneuropathy
Congenital Hypomyelination
Congenital Hypomyelination (Onion Bulb), Polyneuropathy
Congenital Hypomyelination Neuropathy
Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
Congenital hypothalamic hamartoblastoma syndrome ...
Acute Immune-Mediated Polyneuropathy
Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy
Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) ...
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (See Guillain-Barre Syndrome)
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) (See Porphyria)
Acute Leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (See Acute Leukemia)
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (See Acute Leukemia) ...
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Acute inflammatory polyneuropathy
Acute interstitial nephritis
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Acute lymphocytic leukemia ...
GB is subdivided into acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP), acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN), acute motor sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN), and Fisher syndrome.
Peripheral neuropathy (distal symmetric polyneuropathy)
Peripheral neuropathy affects the nerves in the arms, hands, legs, and feet. The feet and legs are likely to be affected before the hands and arms.
Acute Inflammatory Polyneuropathy see Guillain-Barré syndrome
Acute Intermittent Porphyria see Porphyria
Acute Leukaemia see Leukaemia and other Allied Blood disorders
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia see Leukaemia and other Allied Blood disorders ...
Most of the neurologic attention in diabetes mellitus has focused on distal symmetric polyneuropathy (DSP) -- abnormalities of the peripheral nerves, in particular, the nerves to the feet and hands.
Mitochondrial myopathy with sensorimotor polyneuropathy, ophthalmoplegia, and pseudo-obstruction
Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome
MNGIE syndrome
Myoneurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome ...
Cachexia is a wasting syndrome that very sick people experience; it is seen in those with cancer, AIDS, chronic obstructive lung disease, congestive heart failure, tuberculosis, familial amyloid polyneuropathy, drug addiction, mercury poisoning, ...
Chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy
Common peroneal nerve dysfunction
Distal median nerve dysfunction
Femoral nerve dysfunction
Friedreich's ataxia
General paresis
Mononeuritis multiplex
Primary amyloidosis
Radial nerve dysfunction ...
Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of diabetic polyneuropathy
Diabetic autonomic neuropathy
Diabetic autonomic neuropathy of the gastrointestinal tract
Epidemiology and classification of diabetic neuropathy
Evaluation of the diabetic foot ...
Chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy
Dementia due to metabolic causes
Encephalitis
Epilepsy
Febrile seizure (children)
Generalized tonic-clonic seizure
Hydrocephalus
Inhalation anthrax
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)
Pituitary tumor ...
Neuropathies may affect just one nerve (mononeuropathy) or several nerves (polyneuropathy) . Your nerves provide communication between your brain and your muscles, skin, internal organs and blood vessels.
This is because over time, diabetic polyneuropathy can cause a diabetic foot ulcer, an open sore that develops in the foot.
Definitions:
1. a polyneuropathy that develops in patients taking dapsone (4,4-diaminodiphenylsulfone); unusual features include being a pure motor neuropathy and beginning in the hands, sometimes asymmetrically.
A condition seen primarily in childhood, most often resulting from chronic exposure to mercury compounds which may result in encephalopathy and polyneuropathy.
Vitamin B12 deficiency is also common in patients with polyneuropathy. In up to one-third of patients, vitamin B12 deficiency is the sole or major contributing cause of their neuropathy.
It is also known as a polyneuropathy, which is a disease that involves several nerves.
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome Causes» ...
600mg of alpha lipoic acid tid was found to improve polyneuropathy symptoms in patients with type II diabetes. A maintenance dose as low as 100mg tid may be sufficient to provide benefits. [Diabet Med 1999;16; pp.1040-1043] ...
Sensory polyneuropathy and biochemical hypothyroidism (resembling Hashimoto's thyroiditis) occur in up to 50% of patients. Rarely, systemic necrotizing vasculitis develops and involves the skin, peripheral nerves, and GI tract.
A chronic, progressive multisystem disorder of obscure aetiology characterised by polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy and skin changes.
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A mononeuropathy is where only one nerve is damaged.
When multiple nerves are damaged, this is called a polyneuropathy.
What causes peripheral neuropathy?
Many different conditions can lead to peripheral neuropathy. These include: ...
This organization is a good source of information and support for people affected by Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) or Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP).
Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy (Peripheral Neuropathy)
Sepsis
Septic Abortion
Septic Shock
Serum Hepatitis (Hepatitis B)
Serum Sickness
Severe Acting Out (Impulse-Control Disorders)
Severe Behavior Problems (Adolescent Conduct Disorder) ...
Guillain Barre syndrome - acute inflammatory polyneuropathy
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I drink two quarts of water per day..I apply heat, ice..I was diagnosed with polyneuropathy. I also have charcot marie tooth disease. I don't know if that's why they are so bad. Please help if anyone has suggestions.
Acute or chronic demyelinating polyneuropathy
Porphyria
Paraneoplatic syndromes
Genetic disorders ( Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease , Dejerine-Sottas disease, and Refsum’s disease)
Prolonged treatment in the intensive care unit ...
The produced antibodies are deposited in various organs, leading to renal failure, polyneuropathy and various other myeloma-associated symptoms.
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Other terms for Guillain-Barré syndrome are acute ascending polyneuritis, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and Landry's ascending paralysis.
How does it occur?
Inherited disorders such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and amyloid polyneuropathy
Multiple Sclerosis
Rheumatoid arthritis
HIV infection
AIDS
Hepatitis
Alcoholism
Nutritional deficiencies
Exposure to toxic compounds ...
Guillain-Barr syndrome (GBS), is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system (i.e. not the brain or spinal cord). It is also called acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, ...
The physical health effects associated with alcohol consumption include cirrhosis of the liver, pancreatitis, polyneuropathy, alcoholic dementia, heart disease, increased chance of cancer, nutritional deficiencies, sexual dysfunction, ...
If only one nerve is affected, it is referred to as mononeuropathy. If several are affected it is termed mononeuritis multiplex, and if many nerves are affected on both sides of the body it is called polyneuropathy.
Examples include Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and amyloid polyneuropathy.
Exposure to poisons. These may include some toxic substances, such as heavy metals, and certain medications — especially those used to treat cancer.
disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the nervous system.
demyelinating diseases - diseases that attack the protective coating that surrounds certain nerve fibers (e.g., multiple sclerosis or acute demyelination polyneuropathy).
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 See also: Neuropathy, Symptom, Diabetes, Cancer, Injury
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