Paresthesia Causes

Aka: Paresthesia Causes

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II. Causes: Central Nervous System

  1. Cerebrovascular Accident
  2. Transient Ischemic Attack
  3. Brain Tumor
  4. Head Trauma
  5. Brain Abscess
  6. Encephalitis
  7. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  8. Vitamin B12 Deficiency
  9. Multiple Sclerosis

III. Causes: Metabolic

  1. Diabetes Mellitus
  2. Hypothyroidism
  3. Vitamin B12 Deficiency
  4. Alcohol Abuse
  5. Uremia
  6. Amyloidosis
  7. Porphyria

IV. Causes: Entrapment Neuropathies

  1. Carpal Tunnel
  2. Ulnar entrapment (Cubital Tunnel)
  3. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  4. Lateral femoral cutaneous syndrome
  5. Peroneal palsy
  6. Tarsal Tunnel

V. Causes: Inflammation

  1. Local Trauma
  2. Acute idiopathic polyneuritis
  3. Chronic relapsing Polyneuropathy

VI. Causes: Connective Tissue Diseases

  1. Polyarteritis Nodosa
  2. Sjogrens Syndrome
  3. Systemic Sclerosis
  4. Autoimmune Vasculitis
  5. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  6. Rheumatoid Arthritis

VII. Causes: Toxins

  1. Chemotherapy
  2. Heavy Metal Toxicity
  3. Industrial toxin exposure
  4. HIV Medications
    1. Didanosine
    2. Zalcitabine
    3. Stavudine
  5. Chronic Pyridoxine overdosage

VIII. Causes: Hereditary conditions

  1. Charcot-Marie-Tooth
  2. Denny-Brown's Syndrome
  3. Familial amyloidotic Polyneuropathy

IX. Causes: Malignancy

  1. Tumor compression
  2. Paraneoplastic syndrome
  3. Lymphoma
  4. Cancer (lung, Stomach, Breast, ovary)
  5. Plasma cell dyscrasias
    1. Multiple Myeloma
    2. Osteoclastic Myeloma
    3. Monoclonal Gammopathy
    4. Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

X. Causes: Infections

  1. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  2. Lyme Disease
  3. Leprosy

XI. Causes: Miscellaneous

  1. Sarcoidosis
  2. Malnutrition
  3. Panic Attack
    1. Especially Paresthesias in bilateral fingers and lips

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