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Peripheral Neuropathy : Complications

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The inability to feel or notice injuries can lead to infection or structural damage. Changes include poor healing, loss of tissue mass, tissue erosions, scarring, and deformity.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 11, 2008
Prognosis varies for persons with peripheral neuropathy. Quick identification and diagnosis is critical to beginning therapies in the early phases of the disease.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
The outcome for peripheral neuropathy depends heavily on the cause. Peripheral neuropathy ranges from a reversible problem to a potentially fatal complication.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Paralysis is defined as complete loss of strength in an affected limb or muscle group.The chain of nerve cells that runs from the brain through the spinal cord out to the muscle is called the motor pathway. Normal muscle function requires intact c...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Paralysis is defined as complete loss of strength in an affected limb or muscle group.The chain of nerve cells that runs from the brain through the spinal cord out to the muscle is called the motor pathway. Normal muscle function requires intact c...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Breathing difficulties involve a sensation of difficult or uncomfortable breathing or a feeling of not getting enough air. See also difficulty breathing- first aid.Shortness of breath; Breathlessness; Difficulty breathing; Dyspnea.No standard defi...
Source:ADAM
Date:April 12, 2007
Shortness of breath, or dyspnea, is a feeling of difficult or labored breathing that is out of proportion to the patient''s level of physical activity. It is a symptom of a variety of different diseases or disorders and may be either acute or chron...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
General paresis is an impairment of mental function caused by damage to the brain from untreated syphilis.General paresis is one form of neurosyphilis. Today it is very rare.The syphilis infection damages the nerves of the brain.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 13, 2008
Apathy can be defined as an absence or suppression of emotion, feeling, concern or passion. Further, apathy is an indifference to things generally found to be exciting or moving.A strong connection exists between apathy and mental disorders.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Impaired sensation is often a signal that there something affecting a nerve or the nervous system. Changes in sensations are often subjective and difficult to describe, that is, experienced by the patient but difficult for the provider to diagnose and treat.
Source:Healthline
Date:October 31, 2007
An arrhythmia is a disorder of the heart rate(pulse) or heart rhythm, such as beating too fast(tachycardia), too slow(bradycardia), or irregularly.Dysrhythmias; Abnormal heart rhythms; Bradycardia; Tachycardia.Normally, the four chambers of the he...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
An arrhythmia is an abnormality in the heart''s rhythm, or heartbeat pattern. The heartbeat can be too slow, too fast, have extra beats, skip a beat, or otherwise beat irregularly.Arrhythmias are deviations from the normal cadence of the heartbeat,...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Apraxia is an impairment in the use of learned skilled movements(e.g., limb movements; speech) that occurs most often with damage affecting the left hemisphere of the brain.Apraxia is a general term for a disturbance of learned, skilled movements ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Apraxia is a neurological disorder. In general, the diagnostic term"apraxia" can be used to classify the inability of a person to perform voluntary and skillful movements of one or more body parts, even though there is no evidence of underlying mu...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
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