Polyneuropathy is very associated with diabetes. It's a given. The process is not known.

Polyneuropathy can preceed diabetes by up to three years.

I think diabetics need to control blood sugar as best they can, because our bodies are made to function best with certain blood sugar levels. Yes, high or low blood sugar level is bad for the body. I think people need to eat properly, exercise and take the best care of themselves that they possibly can.

There are also several types of diabetes, altho, they all result in malfunction of insulin production or metabolism.

However, has any one considered that perhaps the pancreas doesn't function well because there was some neurological malfunction that upset its function? Is it chicken or the egg? Pretty radical thinking.


Polyneuropathy identical to that which occurs in diabetics occurs in people without diabetes.

Small fiber neuropathy can stop the function of sweat and lacrimal glands...can it possibly interfere with the function of endocrine as well as exocrine glands?