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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Paresthesias
• Toxic chemicals (e.g., lead, arsenic, cyanide, mercury, organophosphates)
• Sarcoidosis
• Nutritional deficiencies (thiamine, vitamin B12, folic acid)
• Neoplasms
• Myxedema
• Multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Medications (e.g., isonicotinic acid hydrazide [INH], lithium, nitrofurantoin, gold, cisplatin, hydralazine, amitriptyline, sulfonamides, amiodarone, metronidazole, dapsone, disulfiram, chloramphenicol)
• Infections (HIV, Lyme disease, herpes zoster, leprosy, diphtheria)
• Guillain-Barré neuropathy
• Diabetes mellitus (DM)
• Compression of spinal cord or peripheral nerves
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome and other hereditary neuropathies
• Alcohol
• Toxic chemicals (e.g., lead, arsenic, cyanide, mercury, organophosphates)
• Sarcoidosis
• Nutritional deficiencies (thiamine, vitamin B12, folic acid)
• Neoplasms
• Myxedema
• Multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Medications (e.g., isonicotinic acid hydrazide [INH], lithium, nitrofurantoin, gold, cisplatin, hydralazine, amitriptyline, sulfonamides, amiodarone, metronidazole, dapsone, disulfiram, chloramphenicol)
• Infections (HIV, Lyme disease, herpes zoster, leprosy, diphtheria)
• Guillain-Barré neuropathy
• Diabetes mellitus (DM)
• Compression of spinal cord or peripheral nerves
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome and other hereditary neuropathies
• Alcohol
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