Florian P Thomas MD MA PhD MS

Neuropathic pain: treatment

Antidepressants, anticonvulsants, antiarrhythmics, topical agents, and analgesics are common treatments for neuropathic pain. Treatment must be individualized to the patient. Effective pain management without the use of narcotics is the primary goal.

Uremic neuropathy

Neurolymphomatosis

This article includes discussion of neurolymphomatosis, Marek disease, peripheral lymphomatosis, and reticulosis of nervous system. The foregoing terms

Neuropathies associated with cytomegalovirus infection

Cytomegalovirus is the most common cause of polyradiculopathy in AIDS. It occurs in about 2% of HIV-infected patients referred to neurologists. Expeditious

Hereditary neuropathy with predisposition to pressure palsy

Hereditary neuropathy with predisposition to pressure palsy (HNPP) may be considered the genetic opposite of CMT1A, the single most common subtype of

Peripheral neuropathies: supportive measures and rehabilitation

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A is characterized by childhood onset and progressive peripheral nerve manifestations with distal dominant weakness, sensory loss, and limb deformities. Demyelinating changes are also characteristic. Mutations in the peripheral myelin protein 22 gene are the cause.