<unk>  refers to single<unk>  nerve involvement and usually occurs due to trauma, compression or entrapment”. Isolated situations like pregnancy, thyroid disease or ones occupation (desk work or intense physical labour) can lead to<unk>  as a result entrapped nerve sites.<unk>  neuropathy and<unk>  can be a result of a variety of factors, but are a result of one of three methods: * Acquired neuropathies - this method of neuropathy is a result of environmental factors. Diabetes, alcoholism, poor nutrition, particular medications, cancer and/or chemotherapy, can all be classified as causes for acquired neuropathies. * Hereditary neuropathies - these neuropathies stem from diseased genetically passed material that inherently make up the child’s<unk>  nervous system, such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type1. * Idiopathic neuropathies - these types of neuropathies are developed from an unknown cause. Causes of<unk>  Neuropathy based on clinical presentation Conditions causing<unk>  Acute (trauma related) Chronic (nerve entrapment) Disorders causing<unk>  multiplex Acute Diabetes mellitus Multifocal motor neuropathy Vasculitis syndromes Chronic Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Leprosy Sarcoidosis Conditions causing neuropathy with autonomic features Alcoholism Amyloidosis Chemotherapy-related neuropathy Diabetes Heavy metal toxicity Paraneoplastic syndrome Porphyria Primary dysautonomia Vitamin B12 deficiency Conditions causing painful neuropathy Alcoholism Amyloidosis Chemotherapy (heavy metal toxicity) Diabetes Idiopathic polyneuropathy Porphyria
Peripheral mononeuropathy
Polyneuropathy
Tropical neuropathy
Vasculitic neuropathy
Diabetic neuropathy
Polyradiculoneuropathy
Small fiber peripheral neuropathy
Giant axonal neuropathy