Ascending peripheral neuropathy

What is ascending peripheral neuropathy?[edit | edit source]

As the name suggest, ascending peripheral neuropathy is numbness that begins in the limbs and travels upward to the rest of the body.

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v t e Diseases of the autonomic nervous system
General	Dysautonomia Autonomic dysreflexia Autonomic neuropathy Pure autonomic failure
Hereditary	Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy Familial dysautonomia Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis
Orthostatic intolerance	Orthostatic hypotension Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Other	Horner's syndrome Multiple system atrophy

v t e Neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia pharmacotherapies
Monoaminergics	SNRIs (e.g., duloxetine, milnacipran) TCAs (e.g., amitriptyline, nortriptyline, dosulepin) Opioid MRIs (e.g., tapentadol, tramadol)
Ion channel blockers	Anticonvulsants (e.g., gabapentin, pregabalin, mirogabalin, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, lacosamide, lamotrigine) Local anesthetics (e.g., lidocaine) Mexiletine TCAs (e.g., amitriptyline, nortriptyline, desipramine) Ziconotide
Others	Alpha lipoic acid Benfotiamine Botulinum toxin A Bupropion Cannabinoids (e.g., cannabis, dronabinol, nabilone) NMDA receptor antagonists (e.g., ketamine, dextromethorphan, methadone) Opioids (e.g., hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone, methadone, buprenorphine, tramadol, tapentadol) Sodium oxybate (GHB )