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Title: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy


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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating
Polyneuropathy
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating
Polyneuropathy
  • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating
    polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a neurological disorder
    that is characterized by gradually increasing
    sensory loss and weakness associated with the
    loss of deep tendon reflex in the legs and
    arms.Chronic inflammatory demyelinating
    polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a progressive motor and
    sensory neuropathy which is very painful and
    debilitating.The axon (nerve fiber) works like
    an electric wire. The myelin sheath around the
    axon is the insulation that is necessary for the
    nerve to conduct electrical impulses
    properly.In chronic inflammatory demyelinating
    polyneuropathy (CIDP), myelin is attacked through
    very complex mechanisms. In such cases, the body
    sees the peripheral nerve as foreign and
    antibodies bind to the myelin and initiate to
    break it down.For example, if you are willing
    to move your finger, messages tell your brain to
    move the finger. Then electrical communication
    inside your body tells your nerves and muscles to
    move the finger. When there is disruption in the
    myelin sheath, those messages are weakened.

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Symptoms
  • Your brain is telling your finger to move but
    the nerves are damaged and the movement is
    weakened, delayed, or absent. When the myelin
    sheath is completely ruptured, the message is
    blocked and this is called paralysis.However, a
    neurologist that has experience in this type of
    disease should be able to identify the gradual
    symptoms and rule out any other cause. Typically,
    a diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating
    polyneuropathy (CIDP) is based on the persons
    symptoms. Common symptoms in chronic inflammatory
    demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) patients
    include
  • In extremities

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Symptoms
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  • Pain
  • Tingling
  • Numbness
  • Weakness
  • Loss of deep tendon reflex
  • Foot drop
  • Difficulty walking (altered gait, stumbling)
  • FatigueIn addition to the symptoms, tests like a
    nerve conduction study (NCS) and electromyography
    (EMG) a diagnostic procedure to assess the
    health of muscles and the nerve cells that
    control them can be administered to determine the
    extent of demyelinating disease. In this
    disease, there is a damage done to the lining of
    the nerves that are important for electrical
    nerve conduction. This can be confirmed by EMG
    studies or nerve biopsy. A nerve biopsy is done
    to affirm the inflammatory process in patients
    nerve.

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Diagnosis
  • A spinal fluid analysis is another diagnostic
    test that helps determine if a patient has
    elevated protein with normal cell count, an
    abnormality found in chronic inflammatory
    demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) patients.At
    the end, your doctor may perform blood and urine
    tests to extract other diseases that may cause
    neuropathy, like diabetes, which is the number
    cause of peripheral neuropathy.The therapy for
    chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    (CIDP) includes these three primary protocols

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Diagnosis
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  • IVIG (intravenous immunoglobulin is used to treat
    many autoimmune, infectious, and idiopathic
    diseases) can aggravate kidney dysfunction,
    cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease,
    and other.
  • Corticosteroids (oral prednisone, pulse oral
    dexamethasone, IV methylprednisolone) often
    improve strength, are conveniently taken by
    mouth, and are inexpensive. Side effects,
    however, can limit long-term use.
  • Plasma exchange It is a process through which
    some of the patients blood is extracted and the
    blood cells returned without the liquid plasma
    portion of the patients blood. It may work by
    removing harmful antibodies present in the
    plasma. Short-term relief.

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Treatment
  • If treated early, most chronic inflammatory
    demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) people
    respond well to therapy that can reduce the
    damage to peripheral nerves and contribute to
    improved function and quality of life.If left
    untreated, 30 of chronic inflammatory
    demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) patients will
    progress to wheelchair dependence.

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