In addition to alcoholic polyneuropathy, the individual may also show other related disorders such as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome and cerebellar degeneration that result from alcoholism-related nutritional disorders.
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There is evidence that providing individuals with adequate vitamins improves symptoms despite continued alcohol intake, indicating that vitamin deficiency may be a major factor in the development and progression of alcoholic polyneuropathy.
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Painful dysesthesias caused by alcoholic polyneuropathy can be treated by using gabapentin or amitriptyline in combination with over-the-counter pain medications, such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or acetaminophen.
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Alcohol, a carbohydrate, increases the metabolic demand for thiamine ( vitamin B1 ) because of its role in the conduction in those with alcoholic polyneuropathy, but other factors likely play a part.
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"' Alcoholic polyneuropathy "'( A . K . A "'alcohol leg "') is a neurological disorder in which multiple peripheral nerves throughout the body vitamin deficiencies are also known to contribute to its development.
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Many of the studies conducted that observe alcoholic polyneuropathy in patients are often criticized for their criteria used to assess nutritional deficiency in the subjects because they may not have completely ruled out the possibility of a nutritional deficiency in the genesis of the polyneuropathy.
