Table 2.

Common non-diabetes neuropathies that need to be excluded whilst diagnosing DSPN.

I. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

II. Pressure palsies

III. Neuropathies caused by alcohol abuse, uraemia, vitamin B12 deficiency, paraproteinaemias, hypothyroidism, cancer and infectious diseases and neurotoxic drugs

IV. Neurotoxic drugs (platinum analogues, taxanes, vinca alkaloids etc.)

V. Radiculoplexus neuropathy

VI. Acute painful small fibre neuropathy (e.g. acute insulin neuritis syndrome)