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Neuropathy, or nerve damage, is caused by a variety of different factors. The most common cause of this co… More
Neuropathy involves any disorder that affects the nerves of the peripheral nervous system or, in some case… More
Peripheral neuropathy is a severe medical problem of your nervous system that can happen for a variety of … More
Diabetic neuropathy, a degeneration of the nerves, is the most common complication of diabetes mellitus. I… More
Peripheral neuropathies are any pain, numbness, tingling or burning sensation that occurs in the hands, fe… More
Neuropathy of the feet is a disorder known as peripheral neuropathy. This disease of the nervous system is… More
Idiopathic neuropathy is a nervous system disorder of unknown origin that affects millions of people world… More
Peripheral neuropathy refers to damaged or diseased nerves that are not part of the brain and spinal cord,… More
Ischaemic neuropathy of the retina occurs when arterial vessels serving the retina are blocked or chocked.… More
Peripheral neuropathy occurs when a nerve or nerves to the legs (or arms) are damaged by injury or disease… More
Proximal neuropathy, a particular type of nerve damage in the hip and thigh area, causes extreme pain in m… More
Neuropathy is a condition whereby patients suffer from peripheral nerve damage, typically associated with … More
Damaged nerves can be caused by inflammation, compression, neuralgia, peripheral neuropathy, alcoholism or… More
The medical term for nerve damage is neuropathy. There are many causes of neuropathy, some congenital, oth… More
The symptoms of sciatic nerve damage include shooting pains up and down the leg, but most sciatic damage c… More
Summary: Damaged nerves can be caused by inflammation, compression, neuralgia, peripheral neuropathy, alcoholism or pressure during surgery. Understand both minor and major nerve damage with helpful information from a practicing neurologist in this free video on health conditions.
Dr. Alexander Mauskop, MD FAAN, is the director and founder of the New York Headache Center in New York City. He is a board-certified neurologist with extensive experience in the field...read more
"Hello I'm Alex Mauskop. I'm a neurologist here in New York City and I'm the director of the New York Headache Center. Nerves cover the entire body. There is no spot on your body that doesn't have nerve endings. That is why we have good sensation, when you touch someone you feel the touch and so there are two major kinds of nerves. One is accessory nerves that allows you to feel things, heat, cold, touch and there are other nerves that move your muscles. That is nerve, comes from the brain through a spinal chord and to the muscle and the muscle contracts. Your brain has to give the order. So the nerves can be damaged by a variety of conditions. It could be an inflammation of the nerves, it could be compression of the nerve which often results in a painful condition called neuralgia, inflammation of the nerves often occurs due to viral infection and sometimes for no apparent reason we sometimes cannot diagnose why some people have what we call peripheral neuropathy. So peripheral neuropathy can occur from well known conditions such as diabetes can cause peripheral neuropathy. Alcoholism can lead to deficiencies that in turn can cause nerve damage, deficiencies in vitamins such as vitamin B12, thiamine and other vitamin deficiency can cause nerve damage. Nerve damage can occur from pressure during surgery or from sleeping on the arm when you are drunk. We have a funny term from that when you have pressure on this nerve and you sleep on the bench we call it Saturday Night Palsy. People often drink too much and they fall asleep on the bench and they exert too much pressure on the nerve and they have difficult moving the hand. Usually that recovers pretty quickly."
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