Mild forms may go undiagnosed. More serious types can affect walking, breathing, swallowing and talking. Some peripheral neuropathies cannot be cured, but treatment can lessen pain, reduce symptoms ...

What is peripheral neuropathy? The peripheral nerves are located in the arms and legs, explains Jamie Fertal, DO, supportive care medicine physician at City of Hope Orange County. When these ...

Peripheral neuropathy is a neurological disorder that affects the sensory, motor and/or autonomic nerves, and is caused by the abnormal functioning of these nerves due to various etiologies. These ...

The causal relationship of liver disease to neuropathy has been questioned. This study was designed to evaluate the incidence and character of peripheral neuropathy in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a painful disorder of the peripheral ... CIPN is increasing in prevalence due to medicine's success in making cancer curable or a long-term disease ...

While most experience with US has been reported in the context of nerve entrapment syndromes, the role of US in the diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy (PN) has recently been explored. Distinctive US ...

Peripheral neuropathy affects nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord. Dysfunction of these nerves can cause spontaneous, inappropriate signals or loss of signals, leading to symptoms such as ...

When the inflammation is in the blood vessels supplying peripheral nerves, patients may develop vasculitic neuropathy. The symptoms of vasculitic neuropathy depend on the type and location of the ...

Objectives Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) symptom is one of the side effects of paclitaxel in breast cancer patients. This randomised controlled study was conducted to investigate ...

Converging evidence from animal and human studies demonstrates that neuropathic pain arises from a lesion in the somatosensory system. Injured peripheral nerve fibers give rise to an intense and ...

but we also have neuropathy experts across other Johns Hopkins locations. Diabetes can affect peripheral sensory and motor nerves, thoracic nerves, cranial nerves, or autonomic nerves, manifesting ...