Also called: Also called: Diabetic neuropathy

Start Here

• Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/neuropathies/
• Diabetic Neuropathy(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/diabetic/diabetic.htm

Overviews

• Diabetic Neuropathy: What You Can Do about It(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/diabetes/complications/050.printerview.html
  Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/common/diabetes/complications/050.printerview.html
• JAMA Patient Page: Peripheral Neuropathy(American Medical Association) - Links to PDF - http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/299/9/1096.pdf

Latest News

• Poor Nerve Function Tied to Disability in Seniors(09/08/2008, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_68998.html

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Could You Have Diabetic Neuropathy and Not Know It?(American Diabetes Association) - Links to PDF - http://www.diabetes.org/uedocuments/DNWebCheckList.pdf

Prevention/Screening

• Diabetes Care: 10 Ways to Avoid Diabetes Complications(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/diabetes-management/DA00008/METHOD=print
• Prevent Diabetes Problems: Keep Your Nervous System Healthy(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_nerves/
  Also available in Spanish http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/spanish/pubs/complications_nerves/index.htm

Disease Management

• Can Neuropathy Be Reversed?(Joslin Diabetes Center) - http://www.joslin.org/beginners_guide_574.asp

Specific Conditions

• Autonomic Neuropathy(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/autonomic-neuropathy/DS00544/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print
• Gastroparesis(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gastroparesis/
• Polyneuropathy: Diabetic Neuropathy, AIDS Neuropathy, and Others(Beth Israel Medical Center, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care) - http://www.stoppain.org/pain_medicine/content/chronicpain/polyneuropathy.asp
• Sexual and Urologic Problems of Diabetes(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/sup/

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Diabetic Neuropathies(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Diabetic+Neuropathies%22

Research

• Diabetes Control and Complications Trial and Follow-up Study(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/control/
• Nerve Damage(American Diabetes Association) - Current medical research reports - http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-research/summaries/nerve.jsp

Journal Articles

• Article: Brainstem auditory evoked potentials and middle latency auditory evoked potentials... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18644067&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: The management of ankle fractures in patients with diabetes. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18594108&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: The heterogeneity of diabetic neuropathy. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18508546&tool=MedlinePlus
• Diabetic Nerve Problems -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=diabetic+neuropathies[majr]+NOT+diabetic+foot[majr]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+english[la]+AND+(patient+education+handout[pt]+OR+jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text]+OR+guideline[pt]+OR+review[pt]+OR+systematic[sb]+OR+clinical+trial[pt])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Medical Encyclopedia

• diabetic neuropathy - http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v:project=medlineplus&binning-state=group%3d%3dMedical%20Encyclopedia&query=diabetic+neuropathy

Dictionaries/Glossaries

• Diabetes Dictionary(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/dictionary/
  Also available in Spanish http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/spanish/pubs/dictionary/index.htm

Directories

• Directory of Diabetes Organizations(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/resources/organizations.htm

Organizations

• American Diabetes Association - http://www.diabetes.org/
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
  Also available in Spanish http://espanol.ninds.nih.gov/

Seniors

• Diabetic Neuropathy(AGS Foundation for Health in Aging) - http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/diabetes/neuropathy.php

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

• Diabetes - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html
• Diabetes Complications - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetescomplications.html
• Diabetic Foot - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabeticfoot.html
• Peripheral Nerve Disorders - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/peripheralnervedisorders.html
• Brain and Nerves - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/brainandnerves.html
• Endocrine System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/endocrinesystem.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Diabetic Nerve Problems is the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - http://www.niddk.nih.gov/