A 23-year-old man with progressive weakness and paresthesias
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A 23-year-old healthy man developed tingling and numbness of his feet and hands, leg weakness, poor balance, and an arm tremor over a six-month period. Extensive testing ruled out infectious, toxic, drug-related, or other causes, and documented a pattern of symptoms suggestive of a neurologic disorder. He was diagnosed with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy, a degenerative nerve condition. He responded to antiinflammatory medication, although plasma exchange and immune globulin can be effective when an autoimmune process is involved.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1998
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Painful sensory neuropathy
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The diagnosis and treatment of sensory neuropathy is reviewed. Topics include types of neuropathy, a diagnostic algorithm, physiology of painful neuropathy, summary of clinical trials, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, antiarrhythmics, NMDA glutamate antagonists, narcotic and non-narcotic painkillers, levodopa, topical agents, and alternative treatments. Sensory neuropathy causes pain, burning, and aching that often begins in the toes and feet.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2003
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Vascular risk factors and diabetic neuropathy
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Identifying potentially modifiable risk factors for neuropathy is important, as glycemic control is the only treatment for diabetic neuropathy. Hence, the risk factors for the development of distal symmetric neuropathy in 1172 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus are studied.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2005
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