:: June 2009

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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

Bell Palsy

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)

New Guidelines on Evaluation of Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy

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
Diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. (J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2009) Diagnosis, natural history, and management of Charcot—Marie—Tooth disease (The Lancet Neurology 2009) Postviral vagal neuropathy. (Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2009) “CONCLUSIONS: PVVN is a clinical entity characterized by a complex of laryngeal symptoms that begin after a URI. The symptoms include chronic cough, excessive throat clearing, dysphonia, and vocal fatigue. Affected individuals are typically in their fifth decade of life and appear more likely to be women. Most patients have seen multiple physicians, and the time to laryngologist referral is often delayed.” Sonography versus nerve conduction studies in patients referred with a clinical diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. (J Clin Ultrasound. 2009) The pattern and diagnostic criteria of sensory neuronopathy: a case–control study (Brain 2009)

	General Information
Bell's palsy preceding Parkinson's disease: A case-control study. (Mov Disord. 2009) Characteristics of functional gait among people with and without peripheral neuropathy. (Gait Posture. 2009)

	Risk Factors

	Risk Reduction