Symptom Finder -Polyneuropathy
POLYNEUROPATHY
A 45-year-old white man known alcoholic complains of weakness, numbness, and tingling of both hands and feet for several months. On examination, he is found to have glove and stocking hypesthesia, bilateral foot drop, and steppage gait. You diagnose alcoholic polyneuropathy, but what other conditions should be considered?
1. Nutritional neuropathy
2. Pellagra
3. Pernicious anemia
4. Malabsorption syndrome
5. Porphyria
6. Guillain–Barré syndrome
7. Lead neuropathy
8. Diabetic neuropathy
9. Drug toxicity (e.g., isoniazid)
10. Lyme disease
11. Hereditary sensory motor neuropathy
12. Collagen disease
A 45-year-old white man known alcoholic complains of weakness, numbness, and tingling of both hands and feet for several months. On examination, he is found to have glove and stocking hypesthesia, bilateral foot drop, and steppage gait. You diagnose alcoholic polyneuropathy, but what other conditions should be considered?
1. Nutritional neuropathy
2. Pellagra
3. Pernicious anemia
4. Malabsorption syndrome
5. Porphyria
6. Guillain–Barré syndrome
7. Lead neuropathy
8. Diabetic neuropathy
9. Drug toxicity (e.g., isoniazid)
10. Lyme disease
11. Hereditary sensory motor neuropathy
12. Collagen disease
