- Neuritis
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Name = Neuritis
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DiseasesDB =
ICD10 = ICD10|M|79|2|m|70
ICD9 = ICD9|729.2
ICDO =
OMIM =
MedlinePlus =
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MeshID = D009443Neuritis is the general
inflammation of theperipheral nervous system .ymptoms
Symptoms depend on the nerves involved, but may include
pain ,paresthesia ,paresis ,hypoesthesia (numbness),anesthesia ,paralysis , wasting, and disappearance of thereflexes .Causes
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Infection :
**Herpes simplex
**Shingles
**Leprosy
**Guillain-Barre syndrome *Chemical injury
*Physical injury
*Radiation *Underlying conditions causing localized neuritis (affecting a single nerve):
**Diphtheria
**Localized injury
**Diabetes
* Underlying conditions causing polyneuritis (affecting multiple nerves):
**Beriberi
**Vitamin B12 deficiency
**Metabolic diseases
**Diabetes
**Hypothyroidism
**Porphyria
**Infections,bacterial and/orviral
**Autoimmune disease, especiallyMultiple Sclerosis
**Cancer
**Alcoholism
**Wartenbergs migratory sensory neuropathy Types
*Polyneuritis or Multiple neuritis
*Brachial neuritis
*Optic neuritis
*Peripheral neuritis, also known asPeripheral neuropathy
*Vestibular neuritis
*Cranial neuritis, often representing asBell's Palsy
*Arsenic neuritisee also
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Neurology
*Nerve
*Nervous tissue
*Myelin ources
*"Neuritis", W.B. Saunders Company; 30th B/Cdr edition (May, 2003)
* [http://www.telmedpak.com/doctorss.asp?a=Poisons&b=arsenic Arsenic Poisoning - NERVOUS DISTURBANCES]External links
* [http://www.ninds.nih.gov/ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)]
* [http://www.neuropathy.org Neuropathy Association]
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