Peripheral neuropathies: examination of the patient

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• Determine the level of the disorder: is there
  • specifically a disorder of the peripheral nerve system
  • only one damaged nerve, i.e., mononeuropathy
  • a more extensive peripheral nerve disorder, i.e., polyneuropathy.
• The symptoms can be motor, sensory, autonomic or all these together.
• Many neuropathies are caused by a systemic disease, the most common causes being diabetes and excessive consumption of alcohol.

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Clinical neurophysiology, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, M62.5, Mononeuropathies, Muscle Weakness, Muscular Atrophy, Nerve Compression Syndromes, Neurologic Examination, Neurology, Paralysis, Paresis, Peripheral Nervous System, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, Polyneuropathies, R20.2, Radiculopathy, Somatosensory Disorders, Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome, Ulnar Nerve Compression Syndromes, carpal tunnel syndrome, femoral nerve entrapment, meralgia paresthetica, multiple mononeuropathy, nerve injury, peripheral neuropathy, peripheral paralysis, peripheral paresis, peroneal nerve entrapment, radial nerve entrapment