Alcoholic neuropathies.

Peripheral neuropathy is a common and potentially incapacitating complication of prolonged overuse of alcohol. As a relatively early feature of chronic alcoholism, its early identification is of value in the prevention of other and more dangerous consequences of alcohol abuse. With vigilance, peripheral neuropathy is easily diagnosed before gross incapacity has resulted, but its management entails all the problems encountered in the treatment of chronic alcoholism.