Originally Posted by echoes long ago

this is the second time im typing this the first was lost somehow.....

as with most PN my diagnosis was a result of a process of elimination. various blood tests, mri's, spinal tap etc. eliminated possible causes. My official diagnosis is still ideopathic because a toxic cause cannot be proved at this point however i am sure of the cause and my last two neurologists agreed. Also the bilateral aspect with the areas involved and the rate at which it spread is consistant with a toxic cause according to medical literature i have come accross over the years. I had a large long term exposure over a period of 4 months. This is a partial list of what i was exposed to.

1. alkaline dust
2. aluminum
3. Antimony
4. asbestos,
5. Barium
6. Benzene
7. calcium
8. Cement dust
9. charred wood,
10. Chlorine
11. Chromium,
12. Chrystalline silica
13. chyrosotile,
14. coarse particles,
15. Cobalt
16. Copper
17. Dioxin
18. foam,
19. furans
20. glass fibers
21. Hydrochloric acid
22. iron
23. jet fuel,
24. lead,
25. magnesium
26. mercury,
27. Metals
28. Molybdenum
29. paints,
30. Particle bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH’s
31. Particulate matter PM
32. perfluorochemicals – manufactured chemicals used to make products that resist heat, oil, stains, grease and water-
33. phthalates,
34. plaster,
35. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
36. polychlorinated biphenyls, pcb’s,
37. polychlorinated furans
38. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH’s,
39. pulverized cement,
40. pulverized glass fibers,
41. pvc ,
42. silica,
43. soot,
44. Synthetic vitreous fibers (SVF’s) man made vitreous fibers such as insulation
45. Toluene
46. vermiculite,
47. Volatile organic compounds
48. Zinc