Peripheral Nervous System Polyneuritis and Polyneuropathy
Manifestations
Systemic diseases, infections, trauma, vascular or metabolic disturbances, alcohol, medications, heavy metals may damage cranial and peripheral nerves.
Although the term polyneuritis implies an inflammatory process, it may denote noninflammatory lesions as well.
Hallmarks
Terms polyneuritis, polyneuropathy, and peripheral neuropathy may describe syndromes whose clinical hallmarks are muscle weakness with or without atrophy, pains and paresthesia, impaired reflexes, or a combination of these symptoms.