The development of peripheral neuropathy, especially of the formation of primary sensory-kinetic axonal peripheral neuropathy, is a risk for people with a history of chronic alcohol abuse. Alcoholic polyneuropathy is caused by the toxic effects of alcohol and its metabolites on the peripheral nervous system.

Symptoms of alcoholic neuropathy, such as those of many of the other axonal aesthetic kinetic neuropathies, first appear peripherally in the lower limbs.

Alcoholic polyneuropathy is characterized by aesthetic symptoms such as numbness, paraesthesia, dysaesthesia, allodynia, reduced sense of vibration, which usually appears before the onset of motor symptoms such as weakness of the lower limbs, gait disturbances and imbalance (in combination with concomitant cerebellar damage to the brain).

Symptoms from the autonomic nervous system also include increased sweating, blood pressure fluctuations, skin discoloration, and sexual problems. Every second person suffering from alcoholism has manifestations of neuropathy. The duration of the illness can vary considerably, ranging from a few months to several years. The result is largely dependent on the early treatment and the termination of alcohol consumption.

The treatment is being applied at the Veresies Clinic.

All Programs of “Veresies” Clinic are approved and supervised by the Cyprus National Addictions Authority (CNAA).

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