Neuropathy (disambiguation)

Neuropathy usually refers to peripheral neuropathy, which denotes damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system.

Neuropathies are a group of nervous system disorders

Neuropathy may also refer to:


 * Distal hereditary motor neuropathies
 * Cranial neuropathy, any condition affecting cranial nerves
 * Auditory neuropathy, any condition affecting the auditory nerve
 * Optic neuropathy, any condition affecting the optic nerve (including "Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy")
 * Diabetic neuropathy, a disorder that is associated with diabetes mellitus
 * Familial amyloid neuropathies, a rare group of autosomal dominant neuropathies of autonomic and peripheral nerves
 * Giant axonal neuropathy, a rare neurological disorder that causes disorganization of neurofilaments
 * Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies
 * Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP), a peripheral neuropathy that affects the sensory and muscle nerves
 * Neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa (NARP), a condition that causes a variety of signs and symptoms chiefly affecting the nervous system
 * Neuropathy target esterase, a protein (enzyme) that catalyzes (increases the rates of) chemical reactions
 * Organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy, a neuropathy caused by killing of neurons in the central nervous system, especially in the spinal cord, as a result of acute or chronic organophosphate poisoning
 * Polyneuropathy, a neurological disorder that occurs when many peripheral nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously

Contrasts

 * Neuropathy contrasts with terms describing problems in other parts of the nervous system such as:
 * Encephalopathy
 * Myelopathy
 * Radiculopathy
 * Neuromuscular junction disease
 * Myopathy