I think in general PN is multifactorial....first genetic susceptibility.

Then a trigger. Some of us have multiple triggers.

I had a severe car accident, and Lyme. I also think that severe emotional stress plays in as well.

One of my adoptive daughters has Crohns, and she has just moved in with us, and her symptoms are identical to mine, except for the stomach pain! I think the young lady has neuropathy too! She says, she thinks the neuropathy happened after her epidural for childbirth. Makes me wonder. My neuro is totally against any kind of spinal picks, and I had 3 of those when I had my nerve root blocks.

It seems like when we tell people we have PN, there is no real understanding of the misery of this condition and it is easier to tell people you have some other better understood condition. I admit to telling people I have a 'lupus like disease that is attacking my neuro system.' People just say, 'Ohhhh, I see'. In general, it is better to not even mention I am sick....I 'look too good'.