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Neuropatías metabólicas - Symptom

Síntomas:

Estos síntomas ocurren debido a que los nervios no pueden enviar señales apropiadas hacia y desde el cerebro:

  • Dificultad para sentir en alguna área del cuerpo
  • Dificultad para deglutir
  • Dificultad para usar los brazos o las manos
  • Dificultad para usar las piernas o los pies
  • Dificultad para caminar
  • Dolor, ardor, hormigueo o dolores punzantes en cualquier área del cuerpo (neuralgia)
  • Debilidad en la cara, los brazos, las piernas u otra área del cuerpo

Generalmente, estos síntomas empiezan en los pies y dedos de los pies, y avanzan pierna arriba, afectando finalmente las manos y los brazos.

Signos y exámenes:

Un examen puede mostrar:

  • Disminución de la sensibilidad (puede afectar el tacto, el dolor, la vibración o la sensación de posición)
  • Disminución de los reflejos (con mayor frecuencia en el tobillo)
  • Atrofia muscular (volverse más pequeño)
  • Espasmos musculares (fasciculaciones)
  • Debilidad muscular
  • Parálisis (incapacidad de mover un músculo normalmente)

Los hallazgos anormales en cualquiera de estos exámenes pueden indicar que usted tiene una neuropatía.

Exámenes empleados para detectar la mayoría de las neuropatías metabólicas:

  • Exámenes de sangre
  • Examen eléctrico de los nervios (EMG)
  • Examen eléctrico de la conducción nerviosa
  • Reviewed last on: 2/6/2010
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, and Department of Anatomy at UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Shy ME. Peripheral neuropathies. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 446.

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