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Originally Posted by glenntaj
--the doctors should be looking for an inflammatory autoimmune condition first, though it is quite possible for small-fiber neuropathy to result from impaired glucose tolerance that has not yet reached "frank" diabetes.
Sarcoid can certainly result in peripheral neuropathy in many cases, as can any of the autoimmune vascular or connective tissue disorders--not just rheumatoid arthritis, but lupus, polyarteritis nodosa, Sjogren's syndrome . . .have you been titred up for the more specific SS antibodies that are often involved with the latter?
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The whole small-fiber neuropathy to result from impaired glucose tolerance that has not yet reached "frank" diabetes is what they were thinking for a while now. However the Endocrinologist is begining to think otherwise, as the treatment (for diabetes) has done nothing for me, in fact I seem to be getting continuously worse.
I don't know if I have been "titred up for the more specific SS antibodies" but I think it is worth looking at, especially since the only thing so far that helped my feet greatly was the steroids. (A big clue to several doctors.... of what they don't say.)
Thank you so much for your help. I will be looking at the links again, when I have more time to read everything throughly.