Signs and symptoms of peripheral neuropathy might include: 1  Gradual onset of numbness, prickling or tingling in your feet or hands, which can spread upward into your legs and arms. 2  Sharp, jabbing, throbbing, freezing or burning pain.  Extreme sensitivity to touch.
Clinical Significance. Magnesium measurements are used in the diagnosis and treatment of hypomagnesemia (abnormally low plasma levels of magnesium) and hypermagnesemia (abnormally high plasma levels of magnesium). Magnesium is decreased in chronic nephritis, acute pancreatitis, and alcoholic cirrhosis.
Once a working diagnosis of acute pancreatitis is reached, laboratory tests are obtained to support the clinical impression. In addition to confirming the diagnosis, laboratory tests are helpful in defining an etiology and looking for complications.mmunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) levels can be checked to evaluate for autoimmune pancreatitis. However, this test is not specific, because IgG4 levels can be elevated in as many as 10% of patients with acute pancreatitis who do not have autoimmune pancreatitis.