Hi Kimmergrand

Thanks for your reply.

Your query whether as to awareness of trauma causing progression in neuromuscular diseases such as CMT lead me to mentioned the connection between MS and trauma. In my own diagnosis and research, it has become hard to ignore the interconnections and co-existences of many of the neuro - muscular and autoimmune diseases.

I understand that CMT is predominately a genetic disease which in, most cases (although not all), result in disrupted myelin production. According to Wikidoc.org, "Most patients experience demyelinating neuropathies, and this is characterized by a reduction in nerve conduction velocity (NCV), due to a partial or complete loss of the myelin sheath."

Loss of nerve sheath myelin is, of course, the process in MS, although the cause is thought to be genetic only in part and principally the result of an autoimmune response to an "insult" to the system derived from a virus / bacteria / trauma.

i very much hope you are successful in your further research.

Best wishes

Merle