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Neuropathy, short for Peripheral Neuropathy, is nerve damage in the peripheral nervous system, meaning nerves outside the brain and spinal cord are involved. Neuropathy is usually a complication found in a number of medical conditions. Neuropathy can be caused by repetitive injuries, infections, metabolic problems, or physical trauma. Many people with cancer, diabetes, HIV-AIDS, liver disease, Lyme Disease, etc. experience symptoms of neuropathy. Neuropathy can bring on burning sharp pain, numbness, muscle weakness and lack of coordination. As anyone who has lived with Neuropathy knows, these conditions and symptoms can make day-to-day activities virtually impossible. Peripheral neuropathy occurs when there is damage to the peripheral nerves, the nerves that carry messages to and from the spinal cord and brain from the rest of the body. When peripheral neuropathy is caused by diabetes mellitus (a common cause), it is called diabetic neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathy can also be caused ...

Undifferentiated connective tissue disease is a condition which affects your muscles and body organs in a number of ways. It is a disorder that has not yet developed to a point where doctors can easily identify the disease. Undifferentiated connective tissue disease describes people who have certain laboratory markers and clinical characteristics that suggest a systemic autoimmune disorder or connective tissue disease. However, these patients lack sufficient features for a well-defined connective tissue disease like lupus, scleroderma or rheumatoid arthritis. It is similar to mixed connective tissue disease but is not the same. With mixed connective tissue disease, patients have enough characteristics of more than one connective tissue disease to simultaneously meet the criteria for several of these disorders. In contrast to this, people with undifferentiated connective tissue disease do not have enough features of any one connective tissue disease to meet the established diagnostic cr...