Question

A 72-year-old man with long-standing type 2 diabetes presents with burning pain and numbness in both feet. Examination shows reduced pinprick sensation in a stocking distribution and absent ankle reflexes. According to Australian diabetes guidelines, what is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Diabetic distal symmetric polyneuropathy

Answer

Acute Guillain-Barré syndrome

Answer

Motor neuron disease

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Acute stroke

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Multiple sclerosis

Practice question

A 72-year-old man with long-standing type 2 diabetes presents with burning pain and numbness in both feet. Examination shows reduced pinprick sensation in a stocking distribution and absent ankle reflexes. According to Australian diabetes guidelines, what is the most likely diagnosis?