Other causes
Others causes of peripheral neuropathy include:
- heavy metals, for example, lead, mercury
- infection, for example, leprosy, diphtheria, tetanus, botulism
- malignancy
- metabolic, for example, uraemia, acute intermittent porphyria
- chronic vascular disease, for example, PAN, SLE
- postinfective polyneuritis, for example, Guillain-Barre syndrome
- sarcoidosis
- idiopathic
- drugs, for example, isoniazid, vincristine, phenytoin, nitrofurantoin, gold
- collagen disease, including rarely, rheumatoid arthritis
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