Aetiology: a mnemonic
A useful mnemonic for remembering the causes of polyneuropathy is: DANG THERAPIST
- D iabetes
- A lcohol
- N utritional:
- vitamin B12 deficiency
- vitamin B1 deficiency
- vitamin B6 deficiency
- vitamin E deficiency
- G uillain-Barre (AIDP)
- T oxic:
- lead
- arsenic
- drugs
- HE reditary:
- Friedreich's ataxia
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth
- Refsum's disease
- R ecurrent:
- Guillan-Barre (CIDP)
- A myloid
- P orphyria
- I nfection:
- leprosy
- infectious mononucleosis
- HIV
- Lyme disease
- diphtheria
- S ystemic:
- uraemia
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- hypothyroidism
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Tumours:
- paraneoplastic
- multiple myeloma/MGUS
Related pages
- Alcoholism
- Diabetes mellitus
- Vitamin B1 deficiency
- Vitamin B6 deficiency
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Vitamin E deficiency
- Arsenic
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Friedreich's ataxia
- Refsum's disease
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
- Acute intermittent porphyria
- Leprosy
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Human immunodeficiency virus
- Lyme disease
- Diphtheria
- Uraemia
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Hypothyroidism
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Multiple myeloma
- Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)
- Paraneoplastic neuromyopathies
- Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)
- Lead poisoning
- Peripheral neuropathy (drug-induced)
- Congenital causes of peripheral neuropathy
- Amyloidosis
- General principles of screening
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