Important Points About Peripheral Neuropathy That You Need To Know

Medical Causes And Others

Other medical conditions and injuries that are common causes would be:
Chronic kidney disease where kidneys cannot function normally, salts and chemical imbalance can result in peripheral neuropathy. Injuries such as broken bones and tight plaster casts that leave a pressure directly on the nerves are also one cause. Also, infections like shingles, HIV infection, Lyme disease, and others result in nerve damage. Guillain-Barré syndrome: a particular type of peripheral neuropathy and other autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) causes neuropathy. Too much alcohol intake, some drugs, for example, chemotherapy and HIV treatment, B12 or folate vitamin deficiencies, poisons, such as insecticides and solvents, some kinds of cancer, including lymphoma and multiple myeloma, a chronic liver disease can also cause it.