TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Neuropathy A1 - Galgon, Healther A1 - Russel, Jacqueline A1 - Asante, Kwame A1 - Maitin, Ian B. A2 - Maitin, Ian B. A2 - Cruz, Ernesto Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation AB - Diabetes mellitus is the most common cause of peripheral neuropathy worldwide. In clinical practice, the two conditions often seem to be synonymous: more than half of all patients with diabetes have neuropathy, and half the patients with neuropathy have diabetes. Disease-related changes in diabetic individuals with neuropathy cause a wide range of presentations, reflecting acute or chronic symptoms in a variety of anatomic locations, such as skin, nerve root, vasculature, and autonomic nervous system. The discussion that follows focuses on three characteristic presentations: distal symmetric polyneuropathy, diabetic amyotrophy, and diabetic autonomic neuropathy. Characteristic features of each are contrasted in Table 17–1. Focal mononeuropathy caused by diabetes produces symptoms similar to those of compressive or entrapment neuropathies, which are discussed at the end of this chapter. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105129152 ER -