Results for Polyneuropathy
Showing 1 to 10 of 22 results
Showing 1 to 10 of 22 results
for Polyneuropathy
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Polyneuropathies
Polyneuropathies Definition Polyneuropathies encompass a wide range of disorders in which the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cordperipheral to the central nervous systemhave been damaged. Polyneuropathy is also referred to as peripheral neuri
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy Definition Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a disorder that affects the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord (peripheral nerves). Specifically, the fatty covering, or
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Dysesthesias
Dysesthesias Definition The word dysesthesias is derived from the Greek "dys," which means "bad," and "aesthesis," which means "sensation." Thus, dysesthesias are "bad sensations" and the word refers to pain or uncomfortable sensations, often describ
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Gene Therapy Improves Diabetic Neuropathy in Study
...626628 --> WEDNESDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) -- Gene therapy shows promise in treating diabetic polyneuropathy, a disorder that commonly affects diabetics who've had the disease for many years, a new study finds. Researchers in Boston found...
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Idiopathic Neuropathy
Idiopathic neuropathy Definition Idiopathic neuropathy is a disorder that affects the peripheral nerves and has no identifiable primary cause. According to this definition, a third of all neuropathies can be classified as idiopathic neuropathies. Des
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Nervous System, Somatic
Nervous system, somatic Definition The somatic nervous system (SNS) is a division of the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The SNS controls voluntary activities, such as movement of skeletal muscles. It includes both sensory and motor nerves. Sensory
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Gamma linolenic acid (GLA)
Blackcurrant berry, blackcurrant dried leaf, blackcurrant oil, blackcurrant seed oil, borage oil (Borago officinalis), borage seed oil, BSO, bugloss, burage, burrage, casis, cassis, cureall EPO, Efamol, European black currant, European blackcurrant,
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Alpha-lipoic acid (1,2-dithiolane-3-pentanoic acid)
ALA Lipoic acid Thioctic acid Valeric acid 1,2-diathiolane-3 valeric acid, 6,8 alpha lipoic acid, 5- (1,2 dithiolan-3-yl) valeric acid, acetate replacing factor, ALA, alpha lipoate, alpha-lipoic acid, Berlition®, Biletan®, DHLA, dihydrolipoic acid, l
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Prediabetes Not to Blame for Nerve Damage: Study
...finds that people with prediabetes are no more likely to have a type of nerve damage called small fiber polyneuropathy than healthy people, a finding that contradicts two decades of medical reports. The Mayo Clinic researchers said the results...
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The Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Host: Sometimes after virus or sometimes you get an injection, the original swine flu injections, there was a condition called Gillian-Barry syndrome. What is Gillian-Barry syndrome? Guest: Gillian-Barry syndrome is an inflammatory disease of the ner
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