aetiology: a mnemonic
Last reviewed 01/2018
A useful mnemonic for remembering the causes of polyneuropathy is: DANG THERAPIST
- D iabetes
- A lcohol
- N utritional:
- vitamin B12 deficiency
- vitamin B1 deficiency
- vitamin B6 deficiency
- vitamin E deficiency
- G uillain-Barre (AIDP)
- T oxic:
- lead
- arsenic
- drugs
- HE reditary:
- Friedreich's ataxia
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth
- Refsum's disease
- R ecurrent:
- Guillan-Barre (CIDP)
- A myloid
- P orphyria
- I nfection:
- leprosy
- infectious mononucleosis
- HIV
- Lyme disease
- diphtheria
- S ystemic:
- uraemia
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- hypothyroidism
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Tumours:
- paraneoplastic
- multiple myeloma/MGUS
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)
paraneoplastic neuromyopathies
drug induced peripheral neuropathy
congenital causes of peripheral neuropathy