User:Neurotip/Neuropathy/Neuropathy (disambiguation)

Neuropathy refers to any disease or injury affecting nerves or nerve cells.

It may refer to:

• Peripheral neuropathy, any condition affecting peripheral nerves
• Cranial neuropathy, any condition affecting cranial nerves
  • Optic neuropathy, any condition affecting the optic nerve (including Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy)
  • Auditory neuropathy, any condition affecting the auditory nerve
• Neuropathic pain, caused by neuropathy or by damage elsewhere in the nervous system

It contrasts with terms describing problems in other parts of the nervous system:

• Encephalopathy
• Myelopathy
• Radiculopathy
• Neuromuscular junction disease
• Myopathy