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Originally Posted by glenntaj
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Of course, as my neuro pointed out, owing to individual variation, one might have nerve damage that hasn't yet reached either of those percentiles, as it's very difficult to know at what level of density one started at before one's damage process, as none of us have the procedure until we have symptoms. To me, if one began at the fifttieth percentile (if we could know that) andhas dropped to the twelfth, that's an indication of damage, though it likely wouldn't meet the criteria for a definite diganosis of small-fiber neuropathy.
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some doctors have a very difficult time with this concept. they insist its still in the normal range. Back in 2001 as part of my job i had a pulmonary function test and i was a runner at the time and my fev1 was 115% which means my forced expiratory volume was 15% higher than expected for someone of my age, height and weight. One month later after i had a large exposure to some very toxic, caustic and irregular shaped particles which get lodged in the lungs and cannot be expelled, i went to a pulmonary specialist and my fev1 was 80% 80% is the bottom number considered still normal. I said yes but i dropped 35% in one month i need some aggressive treatment asap. The pulmonologist said but its still normal. i couldnt get him to see it. needless to say i went elsewhere. you would think it would be easy to see and interpret but not all doctors can do that.