Doctors use nerve conduction studies (NCSs) to evaluate the strength and speed of electrical impulses in peripheral nerves. During an NCS, electrodes are placed on the skin over the nerve under ...

Diagnosing CIDP involves peripheral nervous system testing ... Doctors place electrodes on your skin over the nerve under assessment. A mild electrical pulse then travels down the nerve, and ...

The type of neuropathy that causes burning feet is called peripheral neuropathy ... moist parts of your skin. Sweaty shoes and socks, as well as humidity, create an ideal environment for the ...

The causes of a lack of sweating (perspiration) may be hereditary or acquired and can include skin conditions ... is considered a type of neuropathy (peripheral nervous system) condition ...

Thirty-nine reports of skin diseases were identified ... and 8 patients experienced peripheral neurologic disorders like neuropathy, hemiplegia, and paresthesias. In 97% of the cases, voriconazole ...

Armando, a 71-year-old with an active lifestyle, was midway through a round of golf when a strange sensation crept into his ...

Worldwide, cancer chemotherapy is linked to persistent severe peripheral nerve pain (neuropathy) for around four in every 10 patients treated with these drugs, suggests a pooled data analysis of the ...

biopsy in a cohort of patients with suspected peripheral nerve vasculitis. BACKGROUND: In patients with suspected vasculitic neuropathy, combined nerve and muscle biopsies have been advocated as a ...

Accurate diagnosis of ILD often requires obtaining lung tissue samples, and various biopsy techniques have ... a study on a new cryoprobe designed for peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs ...

I am a 66-year-old white male who is active and relatively healthy. I have recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer. One ...

Polyneuropathy is also known as peripheral neuropathy. Peripheral nerves are nerves located outside the brain and spinal cord. They relay information between the central nervous system (CNS ...

In one patient, a follow up skin biopsy when symptoms had improved showed a return of IENFs. CONCLUSIONS In diabetic truncal neuropathy, skin biopsies from symptomatic regions show a loss of IENFs.