The findings of the Resolution are as follows:

• An estimated 20 million people in the United States suffer from peripheral neuropathy, which manifests itself in many forms, including acute motor paralysis, subacute sensorimotor paralysis, and chronic sensorimotor paralysis.
• Peripheral neuropathy can result from such different causes as metabolic disease, viral and bacterial infection, physical injury, poisoning, malnutrition, and genetic disorder.
• Clinical symptoms can indicate the existence of peripheral neuropathy, but precise diagnosis requires review and analysis of medical history, physical examination, medical testing, and exclusionary treatments.
• Peripheral neuropathy is preventable only to the extent that the underlying cause is preventable, requiring the individual patient’s alert awareness of bodily deficiency, illness, infection, or injury that can cause peripheral neuropathy, and the individual’s willingness to seek early diagnosis and treatment.
• The Neuropathy Action Foundation has been established to inform people of peripheral neuropathy, educate them on its symptoms and best preventive practices, and promote medical research toward improved methods of diagnosing and treating peripheral neuropathy.