Q: A neurologist diagnosed me with vestibular neuritis after an “event” a year ago that put me in the hospital for a week. My MRI was unrevealing, but I am still unbalanced and find it hard to get ...

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This week we are going to discuss briefly a presentation of peripheral neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathy occurs for many, many reasons. One of the primary causes is diabetes mellitus both types 1 and ...

Neuropathy causes tingling or numbness, especially in the hands and feet. It affects about one to two percent of Americans and is caused by damage to a single or multiple nerves. There are different ...

This week we are going to discuss something which is quite common but is sometimes not well understood, the entity called “peripheral neuropathy”. Neuropathic changes of the nerve occur when damage is ...

Ocular conditions, such as optic neuritis, can often cause pressure behind the eyes. However, other conditions that affect the head, such as migraine and infections, can cause similar feelings of eye ...

In discovering how certain chemotherapy drugs cause the nerve damage known as peripheral neuropathy, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a potential approach to preventing this ...

Still, some may find relief when underlying causes are found and treated A person’s brain and spinal cord serve as the mainframe from which important messages are sent throughout the body via the ...

Q: I have peripheral neuropathy. I know that people with diabetes often get neuropathy, but I’m not diabetic. What else can cause this condition? And what can I do about it? A: Neuropathy is a medical ...

DEAR DOCTOR: A neurologist diagnosed me with vestibular neuritis after an "event" a year ago that put me in the hospital for a week. My MRI was unrevealing, but I am still unbalanced and find it hard ...