[jurgen975]

A couple of weeks ago i went to a specialist how is expert on neuropathie.I cam in and we started to talk about my problems.I have numb spots in both my feet and also my hands.With my hand is left worser then right.when i came in she said "Are you not a little bit to young to have a polyneuropathie" i am 46 years old.I agree with hear because in the neuropathie center i am coming most of the people are above 60 or older.
Well she examined me and came to the following conclusion.Reflexes are above normal i feel vibration even in toes that i describe to hear as numb.A better description would be "pressure sensor switch of" because i feel my toe when i am touch it.when i left she said if you still have trouble with your feet if your coming back in 3 mouth i will have a look at your back.
She thought that my condition was not a real polyneuropathie but something she called pre-PN.
Has anyone ever heard of pre-PN?
And is it possible that you can have all these problems because of a blocked nerve in your back?

[nide44]

Originally Posted by jurgen975

.........Has anyone ever heard of pre-PN?
And is it possible that you can have all these problems because of a blocked nerve in your back?

Never heard of Pre-PN, but a blocked nerve
certainly can cause neuropathy symptoms.
Pressure on nerve neuropathies can sometimes be cured
with proper surgery, sometimes with chiropractic care too.

[amit]

sound to me as small fibers neuropathy

[Mere]

I don't want to sound dumb, but I thought neuropathy was something you either have, or don't have. Sort of like being pregnant. You either are or are not.

Mere

[glenntaj]

--although one can have varying degrees of nerve damage/compromise; in some cases, nerve damage, especially through compression, might be observable even in people who are asymptomatic (this happends quite often with nerve root compression in the spinal foramina, for example). At other times, there might be symptoms even in the absence of observable nerve damage.

If there are symptoms, though, something is affecting the nerves.

I don't know of any actual recognized entity referred to by the term "pre-neuropathy".

And by the way, it's relatively ignorant of a "neuropathy expert" to think someone is young to have neuropathy, which can strike at any age, depending on cause. Damage to nerve can be casued by hundreds of things, and while some are more closely associated with age, many are not.

And yes, compressed nerves in the neck or back, especially if there is pressure on the spinal cord, can produce neuropathic symptoms anywhere from that level to farther down the body. Would think they at least owe you some nerve conduction studies and some MRI's. ESPECIALLY if your reflexes are hyperconditioned.

[echoes long ago]

Originally Posted by glenntaj

--Would think they at least owe you some nerve conduction studies and some MRI's. ESPECIALLY if your reflexes are hyperconditioned.

Glenn can you elaborate on that?

[Mere]

Originally Posted by glenntaj

...--And by the way, it's relatively ignorant of a "neuropathy expert" to think someone is young to have neuropathy, which can strike at any age, depending on cause...

I developed dysautonomia after a monoclonal infection when I was 30 years old. Very young. Although it is all water under the bridge now, I think it was probably acute pandysautonomia. Age probably would not have made any difference in my case...

Mere

[glenntaj]

--are generally a sign of some sort of nerve dysfunction (as are absent reflexes), but they're not a very specific sign, and warrant further investigation.

Take a look at:

http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/mother/reflex.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperreflexia

http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/001431.htm

[echoes long ago]

thank you for those excellant sources. i understood about absent but was unsure on what hyper implied.