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Originally Posted by diagnonsense
Ok.
I was reading something about small and large fiber neuropathies. And testing.
It appears to me that persons with small fiber often get "stuck" with idopathic as a diagnosis unless they figure out that they have diabetes or something.
Since I had an abnormal EMG/NCV does that mean that I have a large fiber abnormality?
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Mine is idiopathic small fiber. Tons of testing and no cause to be found, other than a slight glucose intolerance (not diabetic, but sort of close). That may ultimately be the cause anyway. I finally broke down and started taking meds for pain. And as mentioned, pain/ultra sensitivity/numbness in the same spot is hard to describe to other people.
My NCV was normal, but a skin punch biopsy was not. Thus the small fiber diagnosis. It would seem that yours is large fiber related. Maybe a skin punch biopsy could confirm?