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Originally Posted by ChaucerFan
Greetings from a new member. I haven't made it all the way through this thread, but I wanted to note that my PN (currently "idiopathic" and probably sensorimotor) STARTED with edema (bad swelling and redness in feet and lower legs). At least, that was the first symptom I noticed. I hadn't seen much mention of that as a symptom or predecessor of peripheral neuropathy. So I'm glad (though also sorry!) that others have had this problem too. Maybe it just confirms the sad fact that this disease of ours has lots of faces.....
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Welcome to NeuroTalk:
First thing... what drugs do you take? Blood pressure? Statins?
Alcohol? ACE inhibitor like Lisinopril, Vasotec, or Altace?
Some blood pressure drugs cause dependent edema as a side effect.
Everyone with suspected PN should get tested for B12 and test at 400pg/ml at least (this is a new low, and replaces the old ranges which doctors still call normal as low as 200.) Get your results therefore.
Vit D also should be tested for at the same time. Up to 70% of adults in US are below normal with this also.
Do you eat whole foods like beans, nuts, yogurt etc? If not, you may be low in magnesium. Testing for this is not very useful because people may show serum levels in midrange but still may not have enough to do the biochemical work it needs to do in the body. Up to 70% of adults in the US are below the RDA for this.
Diabetics especially or those borderline lose magnesium in the urine.
These are the big three most common problems. But for leg swelling you need to see if something in your life (drugs or alcohol) are depleting thiamine for you. Low thiamine can also be hereditary... and causes a condition called wet beri beri...which is edema.
There are antibiotics that can cause PN, and some other drugs.
You can find a thread about this in our SubForum above. Those drugs typically damage DNA in the cells and there are some supplements to help with that, but the Big Three need to be evaluated first, since fixing those really helps many people.
There is alot of reading for you to do... so do it in parcels so you won't tire out too quickly.
Here is a new video on low B12 that is sobering to get you started:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvEiz...ature=youtu.be
And this is my B12 thread:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html
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