:: Jun-Jul 2008

Welcome to our Monthly Online Newsletter!

View all Treatment articles in our Treatment Report . The most recent articles are listed on top (not in alphabetical order). Click on the Topic on our home page and then the subtopic - Treatment Report. Stay updated on drugs and their side effects, and various other treatments, including exercise, nutrition, and supplements.

Highlighted Article

Idiopathic neuropathy patients are at high risk for metabolic syndrome. (J Neurol Sci. 2008) “CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate an association between neuropathy and metabolic syndrome features other than hyperglycemia. Lipid abnormalities are particularly prevalent among neuropathy subjects.”

Clinical Guidelines

Canadian Diabetes Association 2003 clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes in Canada : Neuropathy, 15 Dec 2003, Canadian Diabetes Association (2003)

NGC - Consensus criteria for the diagnosis of multifocal motor neuropathy. (2003)

NGC - Guideline for management of wounds in patients with lower-extremity neuropathic disease. (2004)

Internet Sites

Featured site

NIH - NINDS Peripheral Neuropathy Fact Sheet

NIH - Diabetic Nerve Problems

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Alcoholic neuropathy

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Autonomic neuropathy

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Neuropathy secondary to drugs

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Numbness and tingling

NIH - NDIC Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes

NIH - NIDCD Auditory Neuropathy

NIH - NIDDK Neuropathy in Diabetes

NIH - NINDS Diabetic Neuropathy Information Page

NIH - NINDS Guillain-Barre Syndrome Information Page

NIH - NINDS Multifocal Motor Neuropathy Information Page

NIH - NINDS Peripheral Neuropathy Information Page

Related Topics - Highlighted Articles

Diabetes Mellitus Type II

Helicobacter pylori prevalence in diabetic patients and its relationship with dyspepsia and autonomic neuropathy. (J Endocrinol Invest. 2005) "AIMS: We evaluated the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (HP) in Type 2 diabetic patients and its relationship with dyspeptic symptoms and complications of diabetes. Ä CONCLUSION: There is a high prevalence of HP infection in diabetic patients and it is correlated with dyspeptic symptoms. Diabetic subjects complicated with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and dyspepsia are at high risk of HP infection and should be carefully investigated and considered for eradication therapy."

Diet - Health

Neurologic complications after surgery for obesity. (Muscle Nerve. 2005) "Bariatric surgical procedures are increasingly common. In this review, we characterize the neurologic complications of such procedures, including their mechanisms, frequency, and prognosis. Literature review yielded 50 case reports of 96 patients with neurologic symptoms after bariatric procedures. The most common presentations were peripheral neuropathy in 60 (62%) and encephalopathy in 30 (31%)."

In this newsletter:

Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening
General Information
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction

	Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening
The diagnostic criteria for small fibre neuropathy: from symptoms to neuropathology (Brain 2008) “Small fibre neuropathy (SFN), a condition dominated by neuropathic pain, is frequently encountered in clinical practise either as prevalent manifestation of more diffuse neuropathy or distinct nosologic entity. Aetiology of SFN includes pre-diabetes status and immune-mediated diseases, though it remains frequently unknown. Due to their physiologic characteristics, small nerve fibres cannot be investigated by routine electrophysiological tests, making the diagnosis particularly difficult.”

	General Information
Increased prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: a case control study. (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008)

	Risk Factors
Work increases the incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome in the general population. (Muscle Nerve. 2008 )

	Risk Reduction