Peripheral neuritis

Peripheral neuritis is a disease that causes numbness in the limbs. Patients with peripheral neuritis usually experience pain and weakness. Some patients may even be unable to take care of themselves and lose their ability to move. Peripheral neuritis is a disease of autonomic nervous system dysfunction. Patients with peripheral neuritis will experience great distress in their lives and that of their families.

What are the symptoms of peripheral neuritis? Peripheral neuritis is mainly manifested by numbness of the hands, feet or limbs, which may be accompanied by pain and weakness. In mild cases, the fingertips (toes) become numb, while in severe cases, the condition may extend to the entire palm, feet, limbs, or even the entire body. Feeling numbness, swelling, difficulty in flexion and extension, and inflexible movement. Let’s take a look at this below.

What are the symptoms of peripheral neuritis? The specific introduction is as follows:

1. Sensory disturbance: In the early stage, it is often manifested by abnormal sensations such as burning, pain, numbness, or hyperesthesia at the finger (or toe) tips, and gradually the sensation decreases or even disappears. The distribution of sensory disturbances is glove- or stocking-like. A small number of patients may have deep sensory impairment. There is often tenderness in the gastrocnemius muscle and other places.

2. Movement disorders: What are the symptoms of peripheral neuritis? It manifests as decreased muscle strength, low muscle tone, weakened or disappeared tendon reflexes. In some cases (such as furazolidone), the reflexes may be active. Muscle atrophy may occur after long-term illness.

3. Autonomic dysfunction: The skin of the extremities becomes cool, pale, flushed or slightly cyanotic, there is little or excessive sweating, the skin becomes thinner, tender or rough, the nails lose their normal luster and keratinization increases, etc.

Peripheral neuritis is a general term for multiple peripheral nerve damage caused by various reasons, which manifests as symmetrical sensory, motor and autonomic dysfunction in the distal limbs, so it is also called multiple neuritis or multiple peripheral neuritis. Peripheral neuritis is one of the common types of peripheral vascular disease. To reduce the harm of peripheral neuritis, we must first understand peripheral neuritis objectively.

Peripheral neuritis is very harmful, so if you also have the above symptoms in your daily life, it is best to go to the hospital to check whether you have peripheral neuritis. Of course, if you unfortunately have peripheral neuritis, you must also receive scientific treatment so that you can get rid of the pain of the disease as soon as possible.