PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN INFLAMMATORY JOINT DISEASES

Syniachenko O.V.¹, Yehudina Ye.D.², Perepada A.V.³, Selezneva S.V.³, Khaniukov A.A.⁴

• ¹Донецкий национальный медицинский университет, Лиман
• ²Clinic of Modern Rheumatology, Kyiv
• ³Донецкий национальный медицинский университет им. Максима Горького, Красный Лиман
• ⁴Днепропетровская государственная медицинская академия

Summary. The purpose of the study — to evaluate the rate and clinical features of peripheral neuropathy (PNP) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), chlamydia urogenital reactive arthritis (ReA), psoriatic arthritis (PA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS), to examine the issues of pathogenetic constructions such changes of the nervous system, define risk factors. 416 patients, among them 131 RA patients, 101 ReA, 76 PA and 108 AS were examined. The frequency of the PNP in RA, ReA, PA and AS was 13; 19; 24 and 34%, while its severity in patients with PA<ReA<RA