The term diabetic polyneuropathy is probably the one you will encounter most frequently during your medical studies. What are the most common causes of polyneuropathy? Which are hereditary, and which are acquired? How are they diagnosed and what types of therapy are available? The following article will provide you with answers to all of these questions. It has been prepared with the medical ex...

Diseases of the peripheral nervous system are ranking a leading position among other neurological nosologies. And polyneuropathy is known as more prevalent and severe disease. Numerous scientific reports highlight issues on different pathological conditions in relation to polyneuropathy, particular intoxications, hypovitaminosis (isolated or complications certain processes), infectious heredita...

Introduction Small-fibre length-dependent sensory-motor and autonomic neuropathy is the hallmark of TTR-FAP. SUDOSCAN was recently introduced as a quick and non-invasive method that measures electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) of palmar and plantar surfaces, through reverse iontophoresis. It has been described as a promising diagnostic tool in distal symmetric polyneuropathies, such as diabe...

OBJECTIVES To describe functional outcomes, care needs and cost-efficiency of hospital rehabilitation for a UK cohort of inpatients with complex rehabilitation needs arising from inflammatory polyneuropathies. SUBJECTS AND SETTING 186 patients consecutively admitted to specialist neurorehabilitation centres in England with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (n = 118 (63.4%)) or other inflammatory polyne...

An eyelid closure in response to some stimulus is a blink reflex (BR), which is normally isolated. In humans and primates, the closing is bilateral while in other animals, mostly those with eyes set laterally, the closure is frequently unilateral. In clinical practice, a BR is characteristically provoked by light corneal or eyelash touching or glabellar tapping. The British physician Overrend f...

Recently, demyelinating polyneuropathies have been reported in end-stage renal disease patients. These acute and subacute neuropathies share a demyelinating feature and may develop after the initiation of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. The pathogenesis of these non-chronic forms of neuropathy remains unclear. We report a case of subacute polyneuropathy that posed a clinical dilemma.