11. Acute polyneuropathy can occur due to " U . ferox " stings. 12. More uncommon diseases include ALS, myasthenia gravis, and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy . 13. Polyneuropathy spans a large range of severity.14. Lindell was diagnosed with polyneuropathy in 1991, and died of flu complications in 1998. 15. In a few cases, permanent sequelae included short-term memory loss and peripheral polyneuropathy . 16. It has been previously referred to as polyneuropathy , ophthalmoplegia, leukoencephalopathy, and POLIP syndrome. 17. Thalidomide was only effective for one of the three patients and was discontinued because of polyneuropathy . 18. It has been investigated for use in treatment of polyneuropathy in diabetes, and for stroke. 19. This suggests that there is a possibility ethanol ( or its metabolites ) may cause alcoholic polyneuropathy . 20. Alcoholism is normally associated with nutritional deficiencies, which may contribute to the development of alcoholic polyneuropathy .