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Old 07-12-2012, 12:16 PM
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Welcome to NeuroTalk:

I found a site which explains what blood tests mean...to help you understand that part of your testing.
It happens that the major topic at that site is for something else, but the explanations of the abbreviations etc are easy to understand:

http://www.hrpca.org/cbc.htm

As far as carpal tunnel goes, it can be from repetitive strain, from the neck compressed discs, or metabolic (like mine is) from low thyroid functions.

I am not very grounded in imaging test results, or the conduction studies, but others here, esp glenntaj, may be here tomorrow, or later today.

If you haven't had thyroid tests, I'd suggest them just to rule that out. Low thyroid deposits a form of mucin (tissue) under the skin and this can compress the nerves when they go under the ligaments in the hands and feet.

Getting that bone marrow looked at is important as some
marrow disorders make large proteins that clog up the blood.
Those can be tested for and one form is called MGUS for short.
If you have elevated monoclonal antibodies, this thickens the blood and slows circulation and the nerves then suffer with symptoms. Some forms of PN are caused by MGUS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclo...d_significance

So visiting the hematologist is probably a good idea for you.
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