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I'm sorry it took me so long to get back about this. I got really sick. I guess the Enbrel lowered my immune system and I caught a virus. I was in bed for a few days and then just felt lousy.
I looked up my skin biopsies. The one from Hopkins does not give numbers in the results. It states that
The distal thigh and distal leg results were:
The epidermal nerve fiber density and distribution are within a normal age. The morphological appearance of the fibers is normal.
The proximal thigh the nerve fiber density is within normal limits although there is marked fiber segmentation.
The biopsy done at my neuro for left calf result value 3.54 abnormal is <5.4 low normal is 5.4-5.7.
The left thigh result was 6.28 abnormal is<6.8 low normal is 6.8-8.0.
Diagnosis was skin with significantly reduced epidermal nerve fiber density, consistent with small fiber neuropathy.
These results came from Therapath in New York.
I saw my neuro a few days ago and requested another biopsy to see if things had gotten any worse and he said no. He said it doesn't work like that and he is confident in his lab results and my symptoms are definitely SFN.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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