PARESTHESIAS

 

• Multiple sclerosis.

• Nutritional deficiencies (thiamin, vitamin B12, folic acid).

• Compression of spinal cord or peripheral nerves.

• Medications (INH, lithium, nitrofurantoin, gold, cisplatin, hydralazine amitriptyline,   sulfonamides,   amiodarone,   metronidazole,   dapsone disulfiram, chloramphenicol, etc.).

• Toxic chemicals (lead, arsenic, cyanide, mercury, organophosphates. etc.).

• DM.

• Myxedema.

• Alcohol.

• Sarcoidosis.

• Neoplasms.

• Infections (HIV, Lyme disease, herpes zoster, leprosy, diphtheria)

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome and other hereditary neuropathies.

• Guillain-Barre neuropathy