Peripheral neuropathy disorders are adverse conditions brought about by damage or destruction of the nerves of the peripheral nervous system.
Damage of these nerves can be due to many causes such as diseases e.g. diabetes, alcoholism , malnutrition, injury, nerve compression, auto immune or infectious inflammation and exposure to certain chemicals.
Once damaged the nerves malfunction. They might not send any pain signals even if something is causing harm to the body, or they may send signals of pain when there is nothing at all causing pain,
Examples of these disorders include:
1. Diabetes induced nerve damage
2. Carpal tunnel syndrome