DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Neuritis following exposure to cold, probably due to cold-related blood circulation disorders.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
- Time law of latency: the stronger the cold trauma, the shorter the latency period and vice versa.
- After general hypothermia: clinical picture of idiopathic polyneuritis, motor paralysis, altered electrical excitability and tendon reflexes, disturbances of surface and deep sensitivity, spontaneous and pressure pain of the nerve tracts.
- After local hypothermia: neuritis in the innervation area of peripheral nerves; after repeated or prolonged hypothermia, motor and sensory disorders.
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer