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Old 09-21-2007, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by fanfaire View Post
While digging through my records for info my doc needs for my Mayo Clinic referral, I finally found my EMG results from 2004. I am, however, unclear as to what they mean. Here's what it said:

"diffuse peripheral polyneuropathy involving motor and sensory nerves affecting both the axon and the myelin"

Is this referring to more than one type of neuropathy? I tried reading some of the stickies, but my brain fog is not letting me make much sense of them tonight.

Can anyone translate? Maybe then I can go back to what ever stickies would best apply to me and see if I can get something to sink in.

Sorry to be so clueless.

fanfaire
Hi fanfaire, Polyneuropathy just means involving multiple nerves, usually starts in both feet, when many peripheral nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously,
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch095/ch095h.html


this diagram shows what an axon and the myelin sheath looks like
http://psyweb.com/Physiological/Neur...multipolar.gif

Last edited by Brian; 09-21-2007 at 02:18 AM. Reason: added info
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