Whether or not it is typical I think depends on what sort of neuropathy you have, so there is a lot of variation.

When I first had neuropathy mine started in my hands then later spread to one foot (severe pain in my fingers - up the sides of each finger plus up the middle of the thumb - apparently that is where the nerves run).

These days I have sensori motor axonal neuropathy, which effects my foot and legs and causes numbness and loss of motor function, and has reached my knees. Seeing it is a die back process, it will spread to my hands sometime soon. The values in my hand nerve studies are already heading towards neuropathy levels, so it is on it's way. Meanwhile I have developed unrelated central nervous system damage in my hands, plus damage to a peripheral nerve in my hip.

All of this shows that what is 'normal' for different types of neuropathy varies enormously. I have lupus, a systemic disease, so this is pretty normal for me.

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raglet