I-peripheral neuropathy ayisona isifo esisodwa, empeleni ukulimala kwezinzwa okubangelwa izimo eziningi. Izinkinga ze-neuropathy zihlanganisa:

1- Isifo sikashukela i-mellitus (isifo sikashukela).

I-2- I-Radical peripheral neuropathy ngenxa yezinkinga zomgogodla kanye nama-vertebrae.

3- Ukuhlukumezeka noma ukucindezelwa ku-nerve: Ukuhlukumezeka, njengezingozi zemoto, ukuwa noma ukulimala kwezemidlalo, kungasika noma kulimaze imizwa ye-peripheral. Kungabangelwa ukucindezelwa kwezinzwa ngokuphonswa, ukusetshenziswa kwezinduku, noma ukuphindaphinda ukunyakaza okufana nokubhala.

I-4- Ukuntuleka kwe-Vitamin: Amavithamini B (okuhlanganisa i-B-1, B-6, ne-B-12), i-vitamin D ne-niacin ibalulekile ekuthembekeni kwezinzwa.

5- I-Hypothyroidism.

6- Imithi: Imithi ethile, ikakhulukazi esetshenziselwa ukwelapha umdlavuza (chemotherapy), ingadala lokhu.

7. Izifo ezizimele: Lezi zihlanganisa i-Sjögren's syndrome, i-lupus, i-rheumatoid arthritis, i-Guillain-Barré syndrome, i-polyneuritis eqeda ukucindezeleka okungapheli kanye ne-necrotizing vasculitis.

8- Umlutha wotshwala.

9- Ukuchayeka kubuthi. Izinto ezinobuthi zihlanganisa izinsimbi ezisindayo noma amakhemikhali.

10- Ukutheleleka: Lokhu kuhlanganisa izifo ezithile ezibangelwa amagciwane noma zegciwane okuhlanganisa nesifo seLyme, i-herpes zoster (varicella zoster), igciwane le-Epstein-Barr, i-hepatitis C, uchoko, i-diphtheria kanye ne-HIV.

11- Izifo ezitholakala ngofuzo. Izifo ezifana nesifo sikaCharcot-Marie-Tooth ziyizinhlobo zofuzo ze-neuropathy.

I-12- Ama-Tumors: I-Cancerous (i-malignant) kanye ne-non-cancer (benign) ukukhula kungathinta izinzwa ngokwazo noma kungandisa ingcindezi emithanjeni ezungezile.

I-Polyneuropathy nayo ingavela ngenxa yezinhlobo ezithile zomdlavuza ezihambisana nokusabela komzimba komzimba.

13- Ukuphazamiseka komnkantsha wamathambo: i-myeloma ngenxa ye-osteosclerosis, i-lymphoma, i-amyloidosis nabanye.

14- Ezinye izifo: zihlanganisa isifo sezinso, isifo sesibindi...