Neuritis is the general inflammation of the peripheral nervous system.

Symptoms depend on the nerves involved, but may include pain, paresthesia paresis, hypoesthesia (numbness), anesthesia, paralysis, wasting, and disappearance of the reflexes.

See also underlying causes of neuropathy.

• Infection:
  • Herpes simplex
  • Shingles
  • Leprosy
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome

• Chemical injury
• Physical injury
• Radiation
• Drugs: Disulfiram, Pergolide, Vinblastine

• Underlying conditions causing localized neuritis (affecting a single nerve):
  • Diphtheria
  • Localized injury
  • Diabetes

• Underlying conditions causing polyneuritis (affecting multiple nerves):
  • Beriberi
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency
  • Metabolic diseases
  • Diabetes
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Porphyria
  • Infections, bacterial and/or viral
  • Autoimmune disease, especially Multiple Sclerosis
  • Cancer
  • Alcoholism
  • Wartenbergs migratory sensory neuropathy

• Polyneuritis or Multiple neuritis
• Brachial neuritis
• Optic neuritis
• Peripheral neuritis, also known as Peripheral neuropathy
• Vestibular neuritis
• Cranial neuritis, often representing as Bell’s Palsy
• Arsenic neuritis

• Neurology
• Nerve
• Nervous tissue
• Myelin

• Neuritis, W.B. Saunders Company; 30th B/Cdr edition (May, 2003)
• Arsenic Poisoning – NERVOUS DISTURBANCES

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
• Neuropathy Association

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