User:Neurotip/Neuropathy

Plan

• Generally, minimally invasive approach; cut and paste where possible.
• Central core:
  • /Peripheral neuropathy will be the central article, based on the existing peripheral neuropathy.
  • Keep /Polyneuropathy with a "see main article" from Peripheral neuropathy
  • Redirect Neuropathy to Peripheral neuropathy, with a hatnote to...
  • .../Neuropathy (disambiguation), including cranial neuropathy, optic neuropathy, LHON, auditory neuropathy
  • New /Neuropathic pain article
• Merge (and redirect) into Peripheral neuropathy:
  • some of neuropathy
  • mononeuropathy, mononeuritis multiplex
  • delete axonopathy, myelinopathy, neuronopathy; largely duplicated in original Neuropathy article
  • autonomic neuropathy, and redirect motor neuropathy and sensory neuropathy
  • neuritis
  • include a see main article to small fiber peripheral neuropathy
• Merge (and redirect) into Neuropathic pain:
  • neuropathy: most of page > Neuropathic pain, rest merges into new Peripheral neuropathy
  • neuralgia: does need work (e.g. delete second half of intro, add prominent link to Trigeminal neuralgia) but can be left alone for now
  • painful neuropathy...what to do with this?
• Keep as separate pages, no changes required:
  • motor neurone disease
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (hereditary neuropathy doesn't redirect here, but to the appropriate section in Peripheral neuropathy: not all hereditary neuropathies are called CMT)
• Not sure what to do with:
  • demyelinating disease: brief and rough - convert to disambiguation page, or change PNS section to a link to wherever demyelinating neuropathy is discussed?
• Other things to put in the Peripheral neuropathy article:
  • common or important causes (diabetic neuropathy, alcohol, HIV); under specific forms, but also in a See also section
  • links to patient websites (Google for them!)

List of redirects created

• Peripheral neuropathy: Autonomic neuropathy, Mononeuritis multiplex, Mononeuropathy, Neuritis, Neuropathy
• Polyneuropathy: Distal axonopathy, Axonopathy, Myelinopathy, Neuronopathy