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Diseases » Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy » Glossary

Glossary for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Autonomic neuropathy: A disorder of the nervous system concerned with regulation of activity of cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands, usually restricted to the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
Burning symptoms: Any burning or burn-like sensations.
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A rare disorder involving swelling of nerve roots and destruction of the protective layer around nerves. Severe symptoms can take up to a year or more to develop.
Diabetes: Failing or reduced ability of the body to handle sugars.
Diabetic neuropathy: Nerve damage from diabetes affecting any body part; most commonly feet.
Finger paresthesia: Finger tingling, prickling, numbness or burning sensations
Foot paresthesia: Foot tingling, prickling, numbness or burning sensations
Hand numbness: Loss of feeling or sensation
Hand paresthesia: Hand tingling, prickling, numbness or burning sensations
Muscle weakness: A condition which is characterized by an inability of the muscles to function at their full strenght
Numbness: Loss of feeling or sensation
Paresthesia: Pins-and-needles or burning-like sensations.
Paresthesias: Tingling, prickling, numbness or burning sensations
Peripheral neuropathy: Peripheral neuropathy is the term for damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system, which may be caused either by diseases of the nerve or from the side-effects of systemic illness.
Peripheral vascular disease: Disease of arteries supplying the legs or sometimes arms
Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: Gradual spinal cord degeneration
Toe numbness: Loss of feeling or sensation
Toe paresthesia: Toe tingling, prickling, numbness or burning sensations
Toe symptoms: Symptoms affecting the toes
Type 1 diabetes: Severe insulin-treated diabetes typically occurring in young people.
Type 2 diabetes: Most common diabetes in adults, usually progressing slowly, mostly treated without insulin at diagnosis.
Vague symptoms: Vague, unclear, mild or non-specific symptoms
Vitamin B12 Deficiency: A deficiency of Vitamin B12 primarily causes anemias the body is unable to make sufficient quantities of normal red blood cells. Severe cases can lead to permanent nervous system problems. The vitamin B12 deficiency can result from absorption problems, insufficient dietary intake, certain medications (e.g. metformin), inherited conditions (e.g. transcobalamin deficiency) and certain chronic parasitic intestinal infestations.