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Neuritis: Introduction

Neuritis: Inflammation of a nerve. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Neuritis is available below.

Symptoms of Neuritis

• Symptoms depend on the nerve affected
• Sensory symptoms
  • Local pain
  • Neuralgia
• Motor symptoms
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 9 symptoms of Neuritis

Treatments for Neuritis

• Similar to treatment of neuralgia
• Bed rest, massage, physiotherapy
• Vitamin B6 - possibly used for related vitamin B6 deficiency
• more treatments...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Neuritis:

• Nerve Neuropathy: Related Home Testing:
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  • Home Blood Glucose Testing Kits
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Neuritis?

• Misdiagnosis of Neuritis
• Failure to diagnose Neuritis
• Hidden causes of Neuritis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Neuritis

Types of Neuritis

• Polyneuritis
• Multiple neuritis
• Peripheral neuritis
• Localized neuritis - affecting a single nerve
• more types...»

Read more about Types of Neuritis

Neuritis: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Neuritis:

• Osteoporosis
• more complications...»

Causes of Neuritis

• Infections
  • Herpes simplex
  • Shingles
  • Leprosy
  • Guillaine-Barre syndrome
• more causes...»

See full list of 25 causes of Neuritis

More information about causes of Neuritis:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Neuritis (4 listings)
• Underlying causes of Neuritis
• Neuritis as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Neuritis

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Neuritis:

• Optic neuritis
• Optic nerve inflammation
• Optic nerve
• Acute vision loss
• Papillitis
• more related diseases...»

Neuritis: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
  • Diabetic Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Peripheral Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Multiple Sclerosis -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Neuritis

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Neuritis: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• more specialists...»

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Research about Neuritis

Visit our research pages for current research about Neuritis treatments.

Clinical Trials for Neuritis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Neuritis include:

• Induction Therapy With a Single High Dose Bolus of Intravenous Methotrexate With Leucovorin Rescue, Prior to Initiation of AVONEX Treatment, in Patients Presenting With a First Acute Demyelinating Event. - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - interferon beta 1a,methotrexate,methylprednisolone
• Long Term Study of Avonex Therapy Following a First Attack of Multiple Sclerosis - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - interferon beta 1a 30 ug IM once weekly
• Simvastatin Treatment of Patients With Acute Optic Neuritis. - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - simvastatin
• Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in Optic Neuritis - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Immunoglobulin
• Longitudinal Optic Neuritis Study (LONS) - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Methylprednisolone,Prednisone
• more trials...»

See full list of 12 Clinical Trials for Neuritis

Neuritis: Broader Related Topics

• Neuralgia
• Nerve conditions
• Inflammatory conditions that may be pathogenic or non-pathogenic
• Nervous system conditions
• more types...»

Types of Neuritis

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• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
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• What is the best treatment for this?
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Definitions of Neuritis:

Inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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