Carbamazepine (Tegretol) is effective but not necessarily safe for diabetic neuropathy.

Diabetes is the leading known cause of neuropathy in developed countries, and neuropathy is the most common complication and greatest source of morbidity and mortality in diabetes patients.

It is estimated that the prevalence of neuropathy in diabetes patients is approximately 20 .

Its first metabolite, oxcarbazepine, is both safe and effective in other neuropathic disorders, but has not been studied in diabetic neuropathy.

Radiculopathy refers to a set of conditions in which one or more nerves are affected and do not work properly (a neuropathy).

Additional tests Further diagnostic tests of affected organs may be required, such as nerve conduction studies for neuropathy or an ultrasound of the liver.

54. A recent example of this relates to imports designed to counteract the effects of the outbreak of the disease known as quot epidemic neuropathy quot .

In the DCCT (Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, 1995) study, the annual incidence of neuropathy was 2 per year, but dropped to 0.56 with intensive treatment of Type 1 diabetics.

Injury to the optic nerve can be the result of congenital or inheritable problems like Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy, glaucoma, trauma, toxicity, inflammation, ischemia, infection (very rarely), or compression from tumors or aneurysms.

By far, the three most common injuries to the optic nerve are from glaucoma, optic neuritis (especially in those younger than 50 years of age), and anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (usually in those older than 50).

In the case of diabetic autonomic neuropathy, it is due to the failure of the heart and arteries to appropriately adjust heart rate and vascular tone to keep blood continually and fully flowing to the brain.

For example, in two Northern Provinces, there have been serious food shortages crises, caused by tropical neuropathy (due to consumption of bitter cassava, improperly processed) by people with deficient nutritional state, specifically those with protein deficiency.