Mnemonic for peripheral neuropathy
Causes of peripheral neuropathy = ABCDEFGHI
A = Alcohol / Amyloid
B = B1 / B2 / B12 deficiency
C = Cancer / Charcot Marie Tooth
D = Diabetes mellitus
E = Environment – iron, drugs (e.g.: metronidazole, isoniazid), lead toxicity
F = Friedrich’s ataxia
G = Guillain-Barre Syndrome
I = Infection (syphilis)
Or maybe you would like to remember it this way…
Causes of peripheral neuropathy = DANG THE PAPIST
A = Alcohol
N = Nutrition (vitamin B deficiency)
G = Guillain-Barre Syndrome
T = Trauma
H = Hereditary – e.g.: Friedrich ataxia, Charcot Marie Tooth syndrome
E = Environmental – drugs (e.g.: metronidazole), iron, lead toxicity
P = Paraneoplastic
A = Amyloidosis
P = Porphyria
I = Inflammatory
S = Syphilis
T = Tumor
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