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This issue (It isn't online) has a great article on Peripheral Neuropathies which breaks down the different nerve pain:

Motor Neuropathy:

These nerves control muscles and voluntary movement. Motor nerves may cause weakness of arms / legs as well as muscle fatigue when performing simple tasks. Examples include frequent stubbed toes, heavy legs, toes curling under.

Sensory Neuropathy:

these send signals to your organs, joints and skin. Symptoms from super sensitivity to actual insensitivity to pain. Prickling, pins & needles, burning, numbness, as well as problems with balance, coordination and fine-motor skills. (Could this sometimes be confused with RSD? I would think that the color changes, especially the bright red would indicate RSD and both frankly could be present.)

Autonomic Neuropathy:

these nerves control sexual dysfunction, gastro intestinal dysfunction, loss of bladder or bowel consistency, as well as low blood pressure. (High blood pressure can result with high pain though.)

Peripheral Neuropathy dysfunction occurs from the central nervous system, including locations in the brain and spine. 1/3 of ALL CASES CANNOT FIND A CAUSE. (Idiopathic.) First symptoms may be tingling or numbness in toes or hands.

Ok - for us TOSers, I see a LOT of cross reference to us. When we've said our lower extremities seem to now have symptoms, is that because our central nervous systems, due to the TOS chronic illness, is now compromised and is malfunctioning? I am not a doctor, but when a TOS doc says, "TOS cannot affect the lower extremities", I do not understand why they do not see a nexus between sick nerves in the BP and sick nerves elsewhere...as a result of TOS, in a "holistic" sense of the body. I don't think our TOS is "contained" any more than our body systems are self-contained - eventually they do "bleed" into eachother.

I hope you all are going to get this new free mag, and are also already getting the free Neurology Now (it's also online) as NN has a GREAT disability law in the workplace article for this month's viewing. They will send these mags to your home free of charge.

God bless.