What is 'neuritis'?

What is 'neuritis'?

Gary Brazina (Sports Medicine Physician) gives expert video advice on: What is 'acute compartment syndrome'?; What is 'chronic compartment syndrome'?; What is 'tendinitis'? and more...

Neuritis is an inflammation of the sheath of the nerve generally causing pain or numbness. A Common case of neuritis would be carpal tunnel syndrome, where there is compression of the nerve. Everyone has an acute neuritis when they've banged their crazy bone because you're striking the ulnar nerve as it comes across the elbow. When its chronic, we call that acubital tunnel syndrome.