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pol·y·neu·ri·tis

 (pŏl′ē-no͝o-rī′tĭs, -nyo͝o-)
n.
Inflammation of several nerves at one time, marked by paralysis, pain, and muscle wasting. Also called multiple neuritis.

pol′y·neu·rit′ic (-rĭt′ĭk) adj.
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polyneuritis

(ˌpɒlɪnjʊˈraɪtɪs)
n
(Pathology) inflammation of many nerves at the same time
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pol•y•neu•ri•tis

(ˌpɒl i nʊˈraɪ tɪs, -nyʊ-)

n.
an inflammation or inflammatory disease of peripheral nerves.
[1885–90]
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polyneuritis

neuritis that affects several or many nerves.
See also: Nerves
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.polyneuritis - inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy)
neuritis - inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function
Guillain-Barre syndrome, infectious polyneuritis, Landry's paralysis - a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown
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Late neuroborreliosis is much rarer than early disease and presents with clinical pictures regarding central nervous system involvement such as progressive encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis or peripheral nervous system involvement such as mononeuritis or polyneuritis (3).
Early predictors of incomplete recovery in children with Guillain-Barre polyneuritis. J Pediatr 1975;86:356-359.
A decade later the drug was withdrawn from the market owing to its serious teratogenic potential and polyneuritis but was reintroduced after a few years to be used as a sedative for management of patients with erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL).
The other case had additional symptoms; impaired consciousness, AO, hyperreflexia, neck stiffness, pharyngeal palsy and positive electrophysiological findings (sensorimotor polyneuritis, radiculopathy, absence of H reflex).
Those fed with polished rice immediately showed signs of polyneuritis (paralysis), similar to symptoms detected in humans afflicted with beriberi.
Extrahepatic manifestations are uncommon and include a leukocytoclastic vasculitis, glomerulonephritis, arthritis, immune complex disease, toxic epidermal necrolysis, myocarditis, optic neuritis, transverse myelitis, polyneuritis, thrombocytopenia, aplastic anaemia, and red cell aplasia [3].
A brief list of less common causes of significant LMN disease in dogs and cats includes botulism, aminoglycoside antibiotics, hypothyroidism, hyperadrenocorticism, paraneoplastic polyneuritis, and vincristine/vinblastine neuropathy [11, 91-93].
As for BZ the most common adverse effects are allergic dermopathy and gastrointestinal syndromes; less frequently bone marrow depression, thrombocytopenic purpura and agranulocytosis, polyneuropathy, paresthesia and peripheral polyneuritis. (2)
[22] In our study post-Diphtheria polyneuritis, Facial palsy was also seen on rising as a part of AFP surveillance.
Patients were excluded if they had (1) acute complications of diabetes including hyperosmolar coma, ketoacidosis, and hypoglycemic coma; (2) neuropathy resulting from acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, peripheral polyneuritis, infectious polyneuritis, vasculitis, and so on; (3) cervical spondylosis and lumbar spondylosis; or (4) malignancy and hematologic diseases.
ACA must be differentiated from tumor, abscess, polyneuritis, intoxication, metabolic disease, hereditary degenerative disorders, meningitis, encephalitis, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
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