I was tested with a skin punch that said to retest as showed no SFN but some damage was shown. That was a couple yrs ago. I had not given my neuropathy much notice till NOW.


I asked before IF ANYTHING can make this worse as now my tingling is worse in my upper arms and now I feel it when I am sitting in my rear and my back at night/head tingle all night. And my nose is tingling now on and off. I have always had a nerve here or there buzz for days then stop but nothing all over like this. Oddly enough my feet are more quiet and not frozen like they get in winter. I don't know if once they stop vibrating if that means loss of sensation.

I wonder now if there is something I should have been doing to slow this for the yrs of knowing I have PN.

If I have SFN it seems like I would have more issues as most on here seem to get bad really quick. So far I am ok with walking and such as that. I am starting to feel more sharp pricks though. The tingling is starting to get to me. I don't know how this all of a sudden seems to be where it never was. Is this how it goes?? I hope it calms down in some areas and goes away!!

Does tingling always lead to burning pain. All these drugs are just too sedative for me so hoping this is not the case. Thanks for the help as usual

Well, I will tell you that you can have complete loss of sensation, I can stick my legs with push pins and into a pot of boiling water but I still get burning and intense pain in my feet and legs. Conversely I would not say that your SFN has advanced because you are no longer getting buzzing or burning. I think the way your symptoms hop around is very atypical which accounts for the lack of response, we mostly speak here from our own experience, others have professional knowledge or wider experience just from years spent helping others on these forums.
I have had numbness in my hips and buttocks, it is an occasional thing, but in my case is part of a clear progression as the permanent numbness is now above my knees and I have symptoms in my thighs. Skin biopsy showed nerves segmented and breaking down at upper thigh four years ago. I also get a very painful constrictive feeling in my rib cage which is only once a week or do but feels like a muscle spasm and responds to Valium. I do not use it regularly but I do when I get these weird things that may be spasms. My wiring is so deteriorated that nothing feels like what it really is.
Hope someone else chimes in, but it s unusual for symptoms to hop around or for arms to be affected rather than hands and feet first.