Hello All-

Not to hijack another thread, what is the correlation between not having hair on toes and calves with CMT? Some common, what shall I call side effects or symptoms, never appear on websites for CMT. I find it interesting to hear on forums things that people find they share with other sufferers-

On another note, I had ankle surgery and was terrible rubbed by my cast (another thread). I had it taken off to have the stitches removed, and found a huge blister on my heel, terrible bruising on the bony outside of my little toe, and SEVERE nerve trauma to the top half of the outside of my foot. I had told the Dr before surgery that I have PN and he seemed to have no concern what so ever. It never occurred to me that if wearing athletic shoes causes major discomfort that heaving a cast rubbing my foot would be horrible. The Dr. did not put another hard cast on my foot due to the damage that was done by the other one. I really cant wear my "blow up cast" either because of the pressure it puts on the damaged areas. Luckily, I am able to spend most of my day with my foot up on pillows without cast, which the Dr. said was ok to do. 3 1/2 more weeks of non-weight bearing on my ankle!! UGHHHH!!!!!


Judie

Hair can be lost on the body for the following reasons;

1) low thyroid levels

2) nerve damage (CMT and neuropathy)

3) Rubbing on clothes

4) simple aging (hormone effects)

5) poor circulation

6) Chemotherapy or toxins which kill the hair follicles

Probably other things too, but that is all I can think of at the moment.

i have no hair on my legs or feet or hands in the areas affected by sensory motor PN. This has been the case for many years now.