Keeping blood glucose levels within recommended ranges can decrease your risk of diabetes complications. High blood pressure raises your risk of heart attack, stroke, and eye and kidney disease.

Peripheral neuropathy affects the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord and can cause pain, numbness, or weakness. Types of peripheral neuropathy include mononeuropathy (one nerve affected) and ...

Diabetic cranial neuropathies are neurological complications that usually involve cranial nerves (CN) III, IV, and VI, causing acute onset ophthalmoplegia. Recurrence is less common, especially when ...

Most patients with the Val142Ile variant of the transthyretin (TTR) gene showed signs of polyneuropathy. Polyneuropathy (PN) is more common than previously thought and presents with a wide range of ...

Seven cases of mononeuropathy multiplex occurring in association with diabetes mellitus are described, including a case previously reported in which numerous small infarcts in the peripheral nerve ...

Femoral neuropathy, also called femoral nerve dysfunction, is one possible cause of movement and sensation problems in the legs. Femoral neuropathy occurs when something affects the femoral nerve, ...

Mononeuritis multiplex has a pattern of peripheral neuropathy that affects 2 or more noncontiguous nerves concurrently. Mononeuritis multiplex affects 1%–9% of people with systemic lupus erythematosus ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation, pain, and stiffness in the joints. But RA is a systemic disease — it affects the whole body — and can damage ...

Peripheral neuropathy occurs when your peripheral nerves don’t work properly because they’re damaged or destroyed. They might send pain signals for no reason, or not send a signal when you’re ...

Peripheral neuropathy is a general term for nerve damage that causes weakness, numbness and pain, usually in your hands and feet. It can also affect other areas of your body and bodily functions ...