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Old 10-08-2012, 11:03 AM #1
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I was also thinking it might be CMT. Do you have numbness or loss of sensation or balance?
Shoud he be taking a multi B complex? Isn't too much B-6 a problem? Might it not be better to stick with B-12?
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Do you have numbness or loss of sensation or balance?
Yes to all three and dizzyness too.
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My eldest son (27) has inherited CMT, and while they say alcohol isn't a big factor with inherited neuropathies, he is a very heavy drinker and I think it has accelerated his symptoms.
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My eldest son (27) has inherited CMT, and while they say alcohol isn't a big factor with inherited neuropathies, he is a very heavy drinker and I think it has accelerated his symptoms.
I was also a heavy drinker I packed it in suddenly because I had an inkling thats what was causing the symptoms I decribed. It's also what got me put in hospital on various drips and whatnot. I've no intention of drinking again thats for sure.

I dont know of anyone in the family suffering from CMT but I suppose it could skip generations, could it?

The only hereditary thing in my family is cataracts.
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Please read Icehouse's recovery from alcohol induced PN on that first link I gave you. It gives a time frame which worked for him.
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Please read Icehouse's recovery from alcohol induced PN on that first link I gave you. It gives a time frame which worked for him.
MrsD stumbled across that thread the other day found it very informative.
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I was also a heavy drinker I packed it in suddenly because I had an inkling thats what was causing the symptoms I decribed. It's also what got me put in hospital on various drips and whatnot. I've no intention of drinking again thats for sure.

I dont know of anyone in the family suffering from CMT but I suppose it could skip generations, could it?

The only hereditary thing in my family is cataracts.
CMT does not skip generations. Someone can have symptoms that aren't that evident but they are still able to pass it on. It also could be chocked up to something else. There are rare occasions where there is a mutation.
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Well it's been confirmed (sort of) I have Idiopathic Peripheral Neuropathy.

I was recently in hospital to have an infected cyst removed from above the left eye and the district nurse has to come and change the dressing daily, she left me with my notes and there it was in black and white.

Symptoms had been waning a bit (cramps had gone at least) but since taking co-amoxiclav they seem to be back more especially in feet and fingers.

I'm on day three of a seven day coarse.

Do antibiotics affect PN?
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"hair loss on shins"

I just checked my own shins just to see if there was hair there, never crossed my mind untill now.

I have had 3 full blown alcohol withdrawal seizures during 30 years of very heavy drinking and though they were terrifying I always decided to give alcohol another chance

its supposedly reversible but the progress at least can be stopped when abstaining for good.
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