Neuritis: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Neuritis

Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Two of the three stages of Lyme disease potentially involve the central nervous system: a second stage that may manifest as meningitis, cranial neuritis, or radiculoneuritis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] due to lyme disease Erythema chronica migrans Erythema chronicum migrans Erythema chronicum migrans (skin condition) Lyme arthritis Lyme cranial neuritis Lyme disease Lyme [icd9data.com]

Enhanced awareness of the clinical presentation of Lyme disease allows inclusion of LNB in the imaging differential diagnosis of facial neuritis, multiple enhancing cranial [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Diphtheritic Neuropathy

Paralysis affecting the uvula most frequently, but also any other muscle, due to toxic neuritis; usually appears in the second or third week following the beginning of the [encyclo.co.uk]

[…] polyneuropathy, type VI Gamma herpes mononucleosis w polyneuropathy Gamma herpes mononucleosis with polyneuropathy Gammaherpesviral mononucleosis with polyneuropathy Gouty neuritis [icd9data.com]

Acute brachial neuritis (Parsonage-Turner syndrome) 13. [hickoryneurology.net]

Cutaneous Diphtheria

[…] and ulcerans occur in non-toxigenic and toxigenic strains, the latter producing the toxin responsible for the diphtheria disease and systemic toxic complications, such as neuritis [medicaljournals.se]

Cutaneous diphetheria Complications/Sequelae Myocarditis/Neuritis (only if toxin gets into the bloodstream) *Bacteria colonizes pharyngeal tissue: damage due to exotoxin activity [quizlet.com]

Peripheral neuritis develops anywhere from 10 days to 3 months after the onset of pharyngeal disease. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Sarcoma

Sarcomas may affect nerve structures by compression and cause peripheral neurologic signs like radiculopathies and neuritis. [symptoma.com]

Corynebacterium Diphtheriae

[…] primary disease develop neuropathy, initially localized to the soft palate and pharynx, later involving oculomotor and ciliary paralysis, with progression to peripheral neuritis [bacteriologynotes.com]

In this context it is difficult to explain the occurrence of systemic manifestations like myocarditis and neuritis by non-toxigenic strains of C. diphtheriae. [ijmm.org]

In less than 5% of patients, but especially those with severe local disease, neurologic disease, including neuropathies, cranial neuropathies, and peripheral neuritis, can [infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com]

Demyelinating Disease

BACKGROUND: Natural history of optic neuritis (OPN) has not been studied in India. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A syndrome characterized by acute optic neuritis in combination with acute myelitis, transverse. [icd9data.com]

Optic Neuritis Optic neuritis is an inflammatory, demyelinating condition that affects the optic nerve. [sickkids.ca]

Morton Neuroma

Morton's metatarsalgia is a distinct clinical and pathological entity which can best be described as a plantar digital neuritis. [online.boneandjoint.org.uk]

University School of Medicine Stanford CA 94305-5342 Original posting : 11/13/10 Differential Diagnosis Neurofibroma Traumatic Neuroma Neurofibroma Localized Interdigial Neuritis [surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu]

Morton's neuroma ; plantar digital neuroma ; plantar digital neuritis second or third proper plantar digital nerve entrapment neuropathy secondary to excess local plantar [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Cervical Radiculitis

The term "neuritis" should be reserved for conditions in which actual nerve inflammation occurs, such as optic neuritis seen in multiple sclerosis. [ehr.wrshealth.com]

2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 723.4 Brachial neuritis or radiculitis NOS Short description: Brachial neuritis NOS. [icd9data.com]

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Sacral Radiculopathy

2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 724.4 Thoracic or lumbosacral neuritis or radiculitis, unspecified Short description: Lumbosacral neuritis NOS. [icd9data.com]

[…] or radiculitis NOS Lumbar neuritis or radiculitis NOS Lumbosacral neuritis or radiculitis NOS Thoracic neuritis or radiculitis NOS Radiculitis NOS Type 1 Excludes neuralgia [icd10data.com]

[…] psychogenic dorsalgia (F45.41) Dorsalgia M54.1 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54.1 Radiculopathy 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code Applicable To Brachial neuritis [icd10data.com]

Vestibular Neuronitis

How is Vestibular Neuritis and Labyrinthitis Treated? [tchain.com]

What causes vestibular neuritis? [my.clevelandclinic.org]

Ugeskr Læger 2008;170(21):1809-1815 Vestibular neuritis is the second most common cause of peripheral vestibular vertigo. [ugeskriftet.dk]

Median Neuropathy

Most cases of AIN syndrome are due to a transient neuritis, although compression of the AIN can happen. [en.wikipedia.org]

NOS ( M79.2 ) peripheral neuritis in pregnancy ( O26.82- ) radiculitis NOS ( M54.1- ) Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders G56 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G56 Mononeuropathies [icd10data.com]

"Kiloh-Nevin syndrome: a compression neuropathy or brachial plexus neuritis?." Acta Orthopaedica Belgica 73, no. 3 (June 2007): 315-8. [en.wikipedia.org]

Spinal Demyelination

Optic Neuritis Study Group. Multiple sclerosis risk after optic neuritis: final optic neuritis treatment trial follow-up. Arch Neurol. 2008;65(6):727-32. [eyewiki.aao.org]

Optic Neuritis Optic neuritis is an inflammatory, demyelinating condition that affects the optic nerve. [sickkids.ca]

(including Guillain-Barré syndrome, optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis), encephalitis, encephalopathy, meningitis and convulsions have been reported da UNDER HENVISNING [da.glosbe.com]

Bee Sting

This case suggests that early corticosteroid treatment is effective in optic neuritis caused by bee sting. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Simultaneous recordings of the pattern visual evoked potential and the pattern electroretinogram were recorded in a case of unilateral optic neuritis following a bee sting [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rarely vasculitis, serum sickness, neuritis and encephalitis have been described which generally develop days to weeks after a sting. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Labyrinthitis

Neuritis: inflammation of nerves. [eyeandear.org.au]

Symptoms of labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis Symptoms of vestibular neuritis include a sudden onset of a constant, intense spinning sensation that is usually disabling [betterhealth.vic.gov.au]

What causes vestibular neuritis and labyrinthitis? [eyeandear.org.au]

Neuralgia

Approximate Synonyms Nerve root disorder Neuralgia Neuralgia (nerve pain) Neuritis Neuritis (nerve inflammation) Neuropathic (nerve) pain Neuropathic pain Radicular pain [icd9data.com]

The term "neuritis" should be reserved for conditions in which actual nerve inflammation occurs, such as optic neuritis seen in multiple sclerosis. [ehr.wrshealth.com]

NOS ( M79.2 ) neuritis or radiculitis brachial NOS ( M54.13 ) neuritis or radiculitis lumbar NOS ( M54.16 ) neuritis or radiculitis lumbosacral NOS ( M54.17 ) neuritis or [icd10data.com]

Myelitis

The patient, a 30-year-old woman, subacutely developed simultaneous bilateral optic neuritis with papilloedema and bilateral blindness and transverse myelitis with severe [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Driving Optic neuritis may affect your ability to drive. [nhs.uk]

The optic nerve from the eye to the brain can also become inflamed – a condition called optic neuritis. [nhs.uk]

Intercostal Neuralgia

Neuralgia may also be due to postinjection sciatic nerve neuropathy (neuritis) - a type of traumatic neuropathy (neuritis). [minclinic.ru]

Postblock neuritis never occurred. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Inflammation of a nerve, or neuritis, may affect different parts of the body, depending upon the location of the nerve. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Toxic Gastritis

This item is currently out of stock Oral Sepsis as a Cause of Septic Gastritis, Toxic Neuritis, and Other Septic Conditions. with Illustrative Cases by William Hunter - Paperback [uae.souq.com]

ORAL SEPSIS AS A CAUSE OF "SEPTIC GASTRITIS," "TOXIC NEURITIS," AND OTHER SEPTIC CONDITIONS. WITH ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. [archive.org]

See other formats L/) ORAL SEPSIS AS A CAUSE OP "SEPTIC GASTRITIS," "TOXIC NEURITIS," AND OTHER SEPTIC CONDITIONS. WITH ILLUSTRATIVE GASES. [archive.org]

Ophthalmic Nerve Disorder

Treatments For Optic Neuritis Treatment of optic neuritis has changed in recent years, due to a landmark series of studies known as the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trials (ONTT [allaboutvision.com]

Optic Neuritis Optic Neuritis is an inflammatory condition of the optic nerve which leads to sudden vision loss and often pain with eye movement on the affected side. [eye.uci.edu]

Keywords Optic Nerve Optic Disc Optic Neuritis Optic Atrophy Standardize Echography These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. [link.springer.com]

Toxic Amblyopia

The origin of pain in optic neuritis. Determinants of pain in 101 eyes with optic neuritis. Arch Neurol 1991;48:748-9. 2. [neurologyindia.com]

Casey Wood 2 classified the drugs into two classes: Poisons affecting the optic nerve Chronic retrobulbar neuritis. [mdedge.com]

The latter entity when it is steroid dependent is called relapsing idiopathic optic neuritis (RION) and when chronically recurrent as chronic relapsing idiopathic optic neuritis [neurologyindia.com]

Ischemic Peripheral Neuropathy

Peripheral Nerve Disorders Also called: Neuritis, Peripheral neuritis, Peripheral neuropathy Your peripheral nerves are the ones outside your brain and spinal cord. [icdlist.com]

Illustrations of some less known forms of peripheral neuritis, especially alcoholic monoplegia and diabetic neuritis. Br Med J. 1890;1:1419 [ Links ] 7 Leyden E. [scielo.br]

Insulin neuritis: a case report. Va Med Mon. 1933;59:745-6. [ Links ] 28 Jaspan JB, Wollman RL, Bernstein L, Rebenstein AH. [scielo.br]

Subacute Transverse Myelitis

Diagnosis and treatment of anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody positive optic neuritis. [myelitis.org]

Type 1 Excludes optic neuritis NOS ( H46 ) G36.0 ) The following code(s) above G37.3 contain annotation back-references Annotation Back-References In this context, annotation [icd10data.com]

[…] visual changes, and also to assess for subclinical optic neuritis. [now.aapmr.org]

Optic Neuropathy

But even with normal results, a person with optic neuritis has a 22 percent chance of developing MS.** Back to top *Optic neuritis. [allaboutvision.com]

In addition with anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, the optic nerve is always swollen; with optic neuritis most patients have retrobulbar optic neuritis, but about one-third [ophthalmologytimes.com]

Optic Neuritis

Optic neuritis is a demyelinating inflammation of the optic nerve. [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] optic neuritis and should be avoided. [symptoma.com]

How is optic neuritis treated? [eyedoctorguide.com]

Retrobulbar Neuritis

One retrobulbar neuritis patient has a family history of multiple sclerosis, but has no neurologic abnormalities. [neurology.org]

Retrobulbar neuritis is often very complicated clinical entity. The most common cause of retrobulbar neuritis is demyelinating disease of CNS. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Retrobulbar Neuritis is also known Optic Neuritis. [ivyroses.com]

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus

Retrobulbar neuritis in Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO) has been reported very rarely. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Therapy with antivirals and steroids may be effective in patients with childhood HZO optic neuritis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case Reports Optic neuritis complicating herpes zoster ophthalmicus in an immunocompetent patient Zoster optic neuritis in immunocompentent Olga Cerón 1 2 Katia Delalibera [scielo.br]

Transverse Myelitis

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders are inflammatory demyelinating disorders with optic neuritis and/or longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Traditionally the combination of optic neuritis and ATM, occurring as a monophasic illness would have been called as neuromyelitis optica (NMO). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It may be also associated with optic neuritis (neuromyelitis optica), which may precede transverse myelitis. [doi.org]

Optic Nerve Infarction

“Optic Neuritis Study Group. [clinicaladvisor.com]

What is optic neuritis? Optic neuritis is an inflammation of the optical nerve. [icrcat.com]

How can optic neuritis be prevented? There are no prophylactic or preventative treatments for optic neuritis. [clinicaladvisor.com]

Central Positional Vertigo

J Neuro-Ophthalmol 1999 ; 19 : 235 –37 ↵ Optic Neuritis Study Group. The clinical profile of optic neuritis: experience of the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial. [ajnr.org]

Here’s what colleagues from Korea got at patients with vestibular neuritis: Hyperventilation-induced nystagmus in patients with vestibular neuritis in the acute and follow-up [dusanpavlovic.com]

Peripheral vertigo includes BPPV, Meniere’s disease, Labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis. [foamcast.org]

Acoustic Neuritis

Labyrinthitis and Vestibular Neuritis are similar in many aspects., In Vestibular neuritis, only the vestibular portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve gets inflamed. [neuroequilibrium.in]

Neuritis: inflammation of nerves. [eyeandear.org.au]

Vestibular Neuritis is also referred to as Vestibular Neuronitis, it is an infection of the vestibular nerve (CN VII). [vertigodifferentiation.weebly.com]