Diabetic and non-diabetic neuropathies in patients with diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Diabetic polyneuropathy is the most often complication of diabetes mellitus. However, patients with diabetes may have other neuropathies, which need to be recognized and treated. Chronic nnflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is the most common non-diabetic polyneuropathy in patients with diabetes. The article discusses the classification, clinical features of diabetic and nondiabetic polyneuropathies, modern methods of diagnosis and approaches to treatment.