Found in some 2.5% of the population, with advancing age peripheral neuropathies occur in up to 8% of people and acute presentations remain diagnostic emergencies, for which neurophysiological tests distinguish axonal (multiple causes) from demyelinating pathology (commonly inflammatory and treatable).¹ Aetiology of peripheral neuropathy Note that alcoholic and diabetic peripheral neuropathies are usually sensory. Diabetes … Continue reading Peripheral Neuropathy