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Old 10-13-2010, 05:53 PM #1
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I for one, am not sure that my tinnitus isn't a part of my neuropathy, it very well could be.

This is from the American Tinnitus Association:

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Auditory Neuropathy- A hearing disorder in which sound enters the inner ear normally but the transmission of signals from the inner ear to the brain is impaired. It can affect people of all ages, from infancy through adulthood. The number of people affected by auditory neuropathy is not known, but the condition affects a relatively small percentage of people who are deaf or hearing-impaired.
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We urge all doctors to take time to listen to your patients.. don't "isolate" symptoms but look at the whole spectrum. If a patient tells you s/he feels as if s/he's falling apart and "nothing seems to be working properly", chances are s/he's right!
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I read the same thing. That is also why I posted on this site. We always assume that PN tends to creep up the limbs....but there is some documentation on Tinnitus and neuropathy.
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You know since I was dx with PN and RSD I have had other health conditions with the skin,eyes,ear. I have been tested for everything under the sun. I always wonder what the PN and RSD caused. It is too odd to me that before all this I had none of these and now I do. Finding a doctor though that connects all health problems is very hard as many here know.
Jak I hope that this will go for you completly and not come back. Feel better
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..........Finding a doctor though that connects all health problems is very hard as many here know..........
I think that a doc who connects the relationship of one thing to another is a 'physiologist' (or something similar), but they usually are connected to sports medicine and treat pro athletes. finding one who knows neurology as well, is like finding a needle in the proverbial haystack.
It seems that most docs have tunnel vision and are unable to connect the dots to be a medical detective in diagnosing - even diagnosticians hardly look beyond the tip of their noses.
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It seems that most docs have tunnel vision and are unable to connect the dots to be a medical detective in diagnosing
An oldie but goodie...

Q: What's the difference between a General Practitioner and a Specialist?

A: A GP treats what you've got; a specialist thinks you've got what s/he treats.
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You know since I was dx with PN and RSD I have had other health conditions with the skin,eyes,ear. I have been tested for everything under the sun. I always wonder what the PN and RSD caused. It is too odd to me that before all this I had none of these and now I do. Finding a doctor though that connects all health problems is very hard as many here know.
Jak I hope that this will go for you completly and not come back. Feel better
After the feet, came a whole host of issues. I have never had so many problems in the past as I have now.
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I am sorry you both can relate. I agree that many doctors don't like to look out of their speciality. If they did they would help so many more people. Many I have seen say nothing is connected and a fluke. I don't buy it cause it is too many problems, never happened before,and I am too young.
Nide I saw a physiologist and maybe I just saw one who was not good but he was less helpful then neurologists I saw.
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Default I think what you both meant--
--is a physiatrist--a doctor who is trained in orthopedic and neuromuscular relationships.

There are both good an bad physiatrists--I've seen a few, for my leg length discrepancy and lumbosacral issues over the years--at least most are trained to try to see the biomechanical connections amongst different organ systems.
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--is a physiatrist--.................
Yeah ! Dat's da right name.
I couldn't think of it.
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From what I gather, they're not so easy to find.
Don't think the Yellow Pages have it as a classification
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I think Holistic doctors also consider the whole person, but they can be hard to find, unless you are near a teaching hospital.

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http://www.holisticmedicine.org/
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