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Diseases » Hand neuropathy » Glossary

Glossary for Hand 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
Diabetes: Failing or reduced ability of the body to handle sugars.
Finger pain: Pain affecting the fingers
Hand conditions: Any condition that affects the hand
Hand numbness: Loss of feeling or sensation
Hand pain: Pain affecting one or both hands
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
Tingling fingers: Finger tingling, prickling or pins-and-needles sensations
Tingling hands: The occurrence of the sensation of tingling which occurs in the hands
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.
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.