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Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 135
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Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 135
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Hi Coach
My mom had CREST. I have neurological issues that are idiopathic, but with my family history an autoimmune cause is suspected. I had low positive results in my early 30's for ANA & antiphospholipid antibodies, now those are negative. My point is, trying to diagnose autoimmune disease through bloodwork alone is often a long and frustrating process. Maybe work with a rheumatologist who looks at the big picture, not just labwork. Have you had an EMG/NCS to look at long nerve fibers?
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Idiopathic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy
Atypical Migraine
Chiari 1 malformation 7 mm
PLIF L5-S1 Sept. 2013
Lumbar MRI March 2013: degenerative changes from L3 to S1. L3 and L4 have tiny annular tears with disc bulge. L5-S1 bilateral pars defects anterolisthesis (spondylosis/spondylithesis?) I have an annular tear here too, along with a conjoined left L5-S1 nerve root. Mild effacement of the thecal sac at the origins of the bilateral S1 nerve roots, left greater than right. Mild bilateral Neural foraminal stenosis.
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