Autoimmune Diseases

• There are a lot of types of autoimmune diseases that can cause nerve damage. These include multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, myasthenia gravis, lupus and inflammatory bowel disease.
  
  

Cancer

• Cancer can cause nerve damage in many ways. In some ways, cancerous masses might push against the nerves and crush them. Another way cancer causes nerve damage is because some cancer can cause a nutritional deficiency, and the treatments for cancer such as radiation and chemotherapy can also cause nerve damage.
  
  

Traumas

• Certain traumas or injuries can cause nerve damage. These traumas and injuries include a pinched nerve in the neck, carpel tunnel syndrome, and injuries from being crushed.
  
  

Diabetes

• As much as 50 percent of diabetics have nerve damage. Nerve damage can get worse in diabetics as the disease progresses. Diabetic nerve damage, or diabetic neuropathy, is a serious problem and can affect all three types of nerves.
  
  

Infectious Disease

• Some infectious disease can cause nerve damage. These include Lyme disease, Hepatitis C, HIV and the Herpes virus.