Patients will often volunteer vague terms, such as ‘numb’, and need help to tease out what they are describing. HistoryĪs is the case with all neurology, the most important diagnostic tool is a detailed comprehensive history that reflects what the patient is trying to convey. To offer maximal value and focus, the style adopted will be pragmatic, trying to offer some pearls, rather than offer a comprehensive treatise as is available in any standard text. Some of the investigations and management will be touched on but further consideration is reserved for the consultant. It follows that this paper will, of necessity, be somewhat superficial, the goal being to assist GPs in their approach to patients with pareasthesia. The topic, for the preparation of this review, was to explore ‘paraesthesia and peripheral neuropathy’ with a focus on the needs of the general practitioner 9GP). Peripheral neuropathy is such a broad subject that it is impossible to do it justice in a brief overview such as this.
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