I haven't posted for some days - a rather rough stretch recently but I've got some general ?'s for long time PN'ers. My original and strongly suspected diagnosis was prediabetic neuropathy w/ the current alternate working hypothesis being chemical/solvent exposure, not entirely unreasonable given that I've worked w/ them for 30+years now (not arsenic or heavy metals - they were all negative thankfully).
I know that nerve fiber regrowth is a very long term process and can be accompanied by increased pain as the reenervation occurs but has anyone experienced a reversal in the hair loss on the legs and/or improvement in the typical skin characterisitcs. Also, does anyone know of a correlation between hair loss on the legs and PN progression?
I ask because I'm seeing a pretty remarkable correlation for myself between the amount of leg hair that I've lost in the last 14-15 months (shin and medial calf) and continue to do so and the amount of pain that I experience, i.e the pain continues to increase and the hair continues to decrease. I'll accept some hair loss is due to aging and some may be lost to friction w/ pants or socks but all of the Drs think I'm making a mountain out of a molehill - of course as I told my endocrinologist yesterday, if you're not in constant unremitting pain 24/7 (cold and tendon shortening) then you really have no idea how I feel or why I ask.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Alkymst