--I should also reprise my postings of articles about neuropathy in people with impaired glucose tolerance but not yet diagnosable with frank diabetes, as too many are told even by physicians that they can't get diabetic neuropathy unless they've had diabetes for years. This is not true, and often neuropathic symptoms are the presenting complaint in those with glucose tolerance issues:

Even blood sugar readings that would not be considered in the range of frank diabetes, but would just be considered "impaired glucose tolerance", such as those in the range of around 100-125, have been associated with peripheral neuropathy, particularly those of the small fibers, which tends to be burning, lancating, and electrical in symptoms, and not necessarily the stereotypical "numb". There's been a lot of research coming out about this in the last few years; I keep a list of papers and studies on this that includes:


http://intl.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/60/1/108

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/c...TRY=1&SRETRY=0

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q..._uids=16448668

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/c...07929/ABSTRACT

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...d_AbstractPlus

There are a lot more, but you get the idea.