CHALLENGE TO THE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY OF VETERANS …

DPN is a diagnosis of exclusion. In all patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy, causes of neuropathy other than diabetes should be considered. They include, toxins, alcohol, vitamin B12 deficiency, hypothyroidism, renal disease, CIDP, malignancies (multiple myeloma, bronchogenic carcinoma), infections (leprosy, HIV), vasculitis and drugs. ................
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