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Old 06-24-2012, 11:00 AM #15
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Originally Posted by boiler1993 View Post
kitt - yes , my grandma has idiopathic peripheral neuropathy and she cannot feel ANYTHING below her knees, she went through most of the tests i am now (minus MRIs) and they found nothing except that her nerves were dead below the knees -however my EMG was completely normal and showed no sign of nerve damage
It sounds like you may very well have CMT, small fiber neuropathy doesn't show up on EMG's, not until you have large fiber damage as well, like I do. The fact that your grandmother has it is extremely significant. You may want to pursue genetic testing for CMT, especially since you are so young.
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