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Originally Posted by glenntaj
--if you think your neuropathy was caused by imbibing alcohol, it's not idiopathic.
And it may be hard to parse out the nerve damage caused directly by alcohol as opposed to that caused by the nutritional deficiencies that heavy user of alcohol often have, meaning that low levels of various vitamins (notably the B-complex vitamins) may have contributed to it.
Start with the info at the Washington University Neuromuscular database:
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Thank you. I will have to check and see where the term "idiopathic" became part of the wording that I use to describe my condition. The info at that link pretty much describes me to a T. When I saw my neurologist recently, he was pleases with the progress I have made. He said that the best choice I made overall was to stop drinking.
02-17-2023, 10:57 AM
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