Neuropathy is a condition affecting the nerves of the peripheral nervous system.
Neuropathy may also refer to: Cranial neuropathy, any condition affecting cranial nerves Auditory neuropathy, any condition affecting the auditory nerve Optic neuropathy, any condition affecting the optic nerve (including "Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy") Diabetic neuropathy, peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes mellitus Familial amyloid neuropathies, a rare group of autosomal dominant neuropathies of autonomic (and sometimes also sensory or motor) nerves Giant axonal neuropathy, a rare neurological disorder that causes disorganization of neurofilaments Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP), a peripheral neuropathy that affects the sensory and muscle nerves Neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa (NARP), a condition that causes a variety of signs and symptoms chiefly affecting the nervous system Neuropathy target esterase, a protein (enzyme) that catalyzes (increases the rates of) chemical reactions Organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy, a neuropathy caused by killing of neurons in the central nervous system, especially in the spinal cord, as a result of acute or chronic organophosphate poisoning Polyneuropathy, a neurological disorder that occurs when many peripheral nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously
See also Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease Neuropathia mucinosa cutanea Neuropathic arthropathy Neuropathic pain Neuropathic ulcer Neuropathology Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, medical journal
Contrasts Neuropathy contrasts with terms describing problems in other parts of the nervous system such as: Encephalopathy Myelopathy Radiculopathy Neuromuscular junction disease Myopathy