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Old 09-03-2008, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by mrsd View Post
please check those two results... B12 actual number, and
the bicarb test (you may not have had it)

Vancomycin is absorbed orally....not much but enough over time and also in some circumstances such as GI inflammation may increase blood levels.
http://books.google.com/books?id=F0n...sult#PPA329,M1

Vancomycin is a known PN causer.

Xifaxan is less absorbed...3% or less.

When a young person gets PN one really has to consider toxins, and drugs first. Also hereditary PNs like CMT--Charcot Marie Tooth can be tested for.

The elevated fasting insulin suggests the beginning of insulin resistance and may in females point to PCOS as well, or elevated adrenal functioning (but you said you were tested for this already--Cushings?)

I was 30 when my hypothyroid problems started in my feet.

I think diabetic PN is not likely for you yet. It takes TIME to develop and you are young still.

Most sarcoid patients have it in the lungs. But it can occur anywhere. There is a forum with information on this and a novel treatment. Google The Marshall Protocol ( we cannot link to other health forums here) and check sarcoid out. Even if you do not get that treatment, there is info there that may help you understand this better.
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Thanks for your help. I will look up about those tests.

I agree that diabetic PN is not the most likely, and my endochrinologist agrees. He thinks if it is a cause it is only part of the problem... not the whole problem.

I looked up about CMT, but it doesn't seem to fit. My muscles are fine.

If I haven't been on Vancomycin or Xifaxan for over 6 months before the problem started, I don't know if that could be the cause. I will ask my gastro though.

And as for the "The Marshall Protocol" I can't find anything about sarcoid on their forum... maybe I am just doing it wrong though.
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