Hi,
My father has progressive polyneuropathy and dementia. I've been trying to research whether the two maladies are related. Does anyone have some knowledge of this? His polyneuropathy started in his late '60's, and first became evident after knee replacement surgery. (Probably no relationship, but thought I'd mention it anyway.) Luckily he never had pain from the polyneuropathy. But especially in the last 10 years, the progressive loss of feeling and muscle has been accompanied by increasing dementia. Now in his '90's, he is wheelchair bound and can no longer do much or say much. It's not like Alzheimer's - he doesn't forget who people are, and still usually knows where he is. But he can no longer use any of his once-prodigious talents, nor read or use the computer, and his sense of time is very confused. He needs 24-hour care, and is now in a care facility.