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Acute painful diabetic neuropathy following severe weight loss
F Castellanos1, J Mascias, J A Zabala
1Department of Neurology, Clinica Puerta De Hierro, Universidad Autonoma, Madrid, Spain.
Muscle & Nerve
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 34-year-old man, recently diagnosed as diabetic, presented an acute painful neuropathy. He reported a profound weight loss during the months preceding onset. There were no motor symptoms, and only mild neurological signs were observed on examination. Improvement was related to a good glycemic control and weight gain. Acute painful diabetic neuropathy is a condition that may affect diabetic patients shortly after development of the disease. The pathogenetic roles played by different factors are reviewed.