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Originally Posted by tante
Whoa, Julie.  
Ok, now let's see if I can get this out coherently
YES, you can have "nerve pain issues" (neuropathy) that don't (doesn't) show on EMGs and probably lots of folks here on this board are in that position.
EMGs are done to check for electrical impulses produced in your muscles and you probably had a Nerve Conduction Test (nasty little needles and shocks)
along with it which measures how quickly messages are carried by your nerves, i.e. to check for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
Both of these can be perfectly normal and the person can still have a multitude of neuropathies stemming FROM WITHIN the brain and/orspinal cord rather than from nerves going TO or FROM the brain or spinal cord.
Is it possible the Doc said you didn't have Peripheral Neuropathy? That would fit better.
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Here's what he wrote at the bottom of the test:
Diagnosis:
729.1-fibromyalgia
782.00-paresthesia
Comments:
Her SX are very nonspecific. There are no real objective deficit suggesting a significant central or peripheral nerve system disease. Apparently she has been told that she had neuropathy in the past though the EMG and nerve conduction study today does not reveal any sign of the nerve, root, or plexus lesion. It is possible her SX are related to fibro. Ruling out organic cause would be appropriate.
He did 2 test, that needle shock thing and the metal thing they put on you and shock you over and over again in the same place.