שאלה משלב א׳ בכירורגיית כלי דם · מועד 2025, שאלה 53

Correct: C — it includes both somatic neuropathy, affecting sensation and motor function, and autonomic neuropathy. Diabetic neuropathy is a mixed disorder, and the autonomic component — with loss of sweating, dry cracked skin and arteriovenous shunting — is as important to the foot at risk as the sensory loss. Motor deficits appear *late* (option A), the sensory disturbance progresses distal to proximal in a stocking distribution (option B), and the autonomic lesion causes *anhidrosis* rather than excessive sweating of the feet (option D).

מקור: Rutherford p. 135 + 1549