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Peripheral neuropathy happens when the nerves that are located outside of the brain and spinal cord (peripheral nerves) are damaged. This condition often causes weakness, numbness and pain, usually in the hands and feet.
Peripheral neuropathy develops when nerves in the body's extremities, such as the hands, feet and arms, are damaged. The symptoms depend on which nerves are affected. In the UK it's estimated almost 1 in 10 people aged 55 or over are affected by peripheral neuropathy.
26 Ιουν 2024 · Peripheral neuropathy is a medical condition in which the nerves outside of your brain and spinal cord—called peripheral nerves—are damaged. This can cause mild to severe pain, numbness, muscle twitching, and other symptoms in the hands, feet, and other parts of the body.
12 Ιουλ 2024 · Neuropathy refers to damage to nerves in different parts of the body. There are four types—peripheral, proximal, focal, and autonomic—that differ by their locations and causes. Symptoms can also vary, ranging from pain and paresthesias (abnormal sensations) to the loss of bladder or bowel control.
15 Δεκ 2020 · Peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common neurologic problems encountered by family physicians. 1, 2 Peripheral neuropathy can be classified clinically by the anatomic pattern of presenting...
14 Οκτ 2022 · Nerve damage from peripheral neuropathy can cause malfunctions in how and when nerves send pain signals, making pain signals more intense (hyperalgesia) or happen too easily (allodynia). It can even cause nerves to generate pain signals spontaneously.
19 Αυγ 2024 · Inherited conditions causing peripheral neuropathy include Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, which affects nerves in the arms, hands, legs, and feet; Friedreich ataxia, which slowly damages the nervous system; and a rare gene disorder known as giant axonal neuropathy, or GAN.
