Therefore, the reduced stability in diabetic neuropathy appears to be the result of a more general loss of peripheral sensory receptor function in the lower legs then has previously been realized.The Pennsylvania State University.van Deursen, Robert William Martin....
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease,hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy- a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span...
Giant axonalneuropathyis an early-onset autosomal-recessiveneurodegenerative diseasewith both central and peripheral involvement. The severe distal peripheral motor andsensory neuropathystarts in the lower limbs, then progresses to the upper extremities with the clinical signs of distal weakness,muscle ...
Peripheral neuropathy in chronic venous insufficiency 来自 NCBI 喜欢 0 阅读量: 16 摘要: Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) of the lower legs may cause tissue damage, but involvement of peripheral nerves is uncertain. We examined 30 patients with CVI and 20 healthy controls using motor and sensory...
Further proof of this theory would be the fact that the tarsal tunnel counterpart in the wrist known as carpal tunnel is much more prevalent in diabetics. The idea here is for your doctor to rule out tarsal tunnel and other lower extremity nerve entrapments first before making a diagnosis ...
Muscle weakness and atrophy.Damage to your peripheral nerves can weaken and shrink the muscles that are connected to them. This most commonly happens in your hands, lower legs, and feet. Such damage can weaken your grip, make you less stable on your feet, or make it difficult or even impo...
This indicates that most symptoms are present in arms and legs, and distally more severe than proximally. Onset is gradual and progression is slow. Chronic axonal polyneuropathies often lead to more or less symmetric complaints of numbness, paresthesia, and pain in the lower legs or feet, ...
As you probably stand most of the day, you should find some time during day to lay down with your legs lifted up on the wall. This will stimulate blood return to the heart and lower pressure on your legs. There are diuretics, class of medications which stimulate elimination of fluid from...
Too manyfree radicalsin your bloodstream can also attach themselves to the oxygen and make it unavailable to the cells. Sometimes inflammation in the lower back orsciatic nervearea of the buttocks can restrict blood flow, depriving oxygen to the nerves. ...
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