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Originally Posted by janieg
My neurologist said he didn't feel it was necessary because he was sure SFN was what I had, and a biopsy would do nothing but confirm that. He said it wouldn't be able to help with determining a treatment or anything of that nature.
I see him again in January and will ask if there's any benefit to getting a baseline reading from it.
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There is a definite benefit to having the biopsy. Not only do you get confirmation of the condition and therefore direction to the appropriate treatment (based upon the possible underlining causes), but the test can be repeated in the future to see if the treatment you selected is working or not. It can also help prove to insurance that the treatment is working (especially helpful when using high dollar treatments like IVIG).