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Paresthesia Causes

Aka: Paresthesia Causes
  1. 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
  2. Causes: Metabolic
    1. Diabetes Mellitus
    2. Hypothyroidism
    3. Vitamin B12 Deficiency
    4. Alcohol Abuse
    5. Uremia
    6. Amyloidosis
    7. Porphyria
  3. 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
  4. Causes: Inflammation
    1. Local Trauma
    2. Acute idiopathic polyneuritis
    3. Chronic relapsing Polyneuropathy
  5. Causes: Connective tissue diseases
    1. Polyarteritis Nodosa
    2. Sjogrens Syndrome
    3. Systemic Sclerosis
    4. Autoimmune Vasculitis
    5. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
    6. Rheumatoid Arthritis
  6. 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
  7. Causes: Hereditary conditions
    1. Charcot-Marie-Tooth
    2. Denny-Brown's Syndrome
    3. Familial amyloidotic Polyneuropathy
  8. 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
  9. Infections
    1. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
    2. Lyme Disease
    3. Leprosy
  10. Miscellaneous
    1. Sarcoidosis
    2. Malnutrition

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