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Nervous System: Neuropathy, Types, neurological problems, and therapies

 

 

Types of Neuropathies and usage according to symptoms

Peripheral neuropathy: Peripheral neuropathy occurs when the nerve problem affects the brain and spinal nerves outside the spinal cord. These veins or nerves are part of the peripheral nervous system. Accordingly, peripheral neuropathy affects the nerves of feet, fingers, and arms. The term proximal neuropathy is used to refer to nerve damage, which causes pain in the shoulders, thighs, hips especially.

Cranial neuropathy: Cranial neuropathy occurs when any vein of the twelve cranial nerves (directly out of the brain) gets damaged. There are two specific types of Cranial Neuropathy: optic neuropathy and auditory neuropathy. Optic neuropathy refers to the loss or illness of the optic nerve, which transmits visual signals from the retina of the brain to the brain.

Autonomic neuropathy: Autonomic nervous system damage the nerves of the involuntary nervous system and it controls the nervous system. It can affect your heart, bladder, lungs, stomach, eye any nerve. Nerves of other organs may also be affected by this. The symptoms are as follows: Lowering the amount of sugar in the blood, decreasing awareness, constipation, bladder problem, loss of appetite, difficulty in eating food, vomiting, etc.

Focal neuropathy: Focal neuropathy is also called mononuclear therapy. It is confined to the nerve or vein group or to one area of the body. Its effect can be attributed to our faces, torso, and feet. This disease does not last for a long time.


 

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