HealthTap Online Primary Care Doctors Accepting New Patients
Book a video visit
HealthTap
Telehealth
A member asked:

What exactly is axonal sensorimotor peripheral polyneuropathy?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Answer: Description of a peripheral neuropathy that predominantly affects the axon, wire within nerve, and secondarily affects the myelin, insulation. This characteristically occurs in diabetes, alcohol nutritional problems, porphyria, solvent exposure, amyloidosis, etc.

Dr Clay agreed

Answered 1/4/2020

2.9k views

Thank

Related Questions

A member asked:

Is chronic diffuse sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy with predominant external & secondary demyelinative changes a long-term disability?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

This is NCS abnormal . There is evidence of axonal and deymilinating sensory motor polyneuropathy in both lower limbs. What is this problem? Please ask i don't understand what say in this report ?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

A member asked:

Can herniate disc cause chin/ lip tingling? Have shoulder blade tendonitis & tear, tingling hands and ostheoarthritis.Emg said axonal polyneuropathy.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

Tingling hands so diagnx with axonal polyneuropathy and tendontis/carpel tunnel. What causes these? Now I have tingling chin and lips. Is this serious

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

All of my teeth seem to ache. I have a tingling numbness inmy jaw, front of the ear and tingling in lips. Can this be tmj? I do have axonal polyneuropathy. Could it be this?

11 doctors weighed in across 5 answers

Sponsored Content
HealthTap Medical Group does not endorse products or services. Sponsored content revenues support our mission to make health information free and accessible to all.Learn more

People also searched for:

Emg study for puffy feet reads . A fairly symmetric mild sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy with primarily axonal loss features. What are options?
Hi need help. Is left median motor neuropathy and right musculotanuos motor neuropathy. Peripheral sensorimotor neuropathy. Peroneal motor axonal and demyelinating peripheral neuropathy bad I had a nerve test and muscle test and these are the results?
Emg study of feet reads a fairly symmetric mild sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy with primarily axonal loss features. liver, sugar clean.Thoughts?
Very early sensorimotor polyneuropathy, what can be done to reverse progression?
S-1 bilat radiculopathy- superimposed peripheral sensory polyneuropathy. What does this mean? All i know is pain. Help please

Telemedicine

Primary Care
Manage Your Conditions
Women's Health
Children's Health
Men's Health
Senior Health
Wellness, Prevention & Lifestyle
Sexual Health
Mental & Behavioral Health
Travel Medicine
Urgent Care
Ask your question
Didn't find what you're looking for?

90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.

Ask your question

More of what we treat

Allergies
Antibiotics
Asthma
High Blood Pressure
Prescriptions
Type 2 Diabetes
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HealthTap
HIPAA logo
HIPAASecure
Soc 2 Type 2 logo
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHO Accredited
JCAHOAccredited
Member App

Download HealthTap

Video visit and message your doctor

Member App QR Code
Play Store Member LinkApp Store Member Link

Questions?

+1 (888) 828-0841support@healthtap.com
LinkedInTwitter
HomeTermsPrivacyCookiesDMCAHealth TopicsDoctors DirectoryDoctor Q&A by Specialty
Copyright 2026 HealthTap, Inc.