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Old 03-27-2014, 06:47 AM #11
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Default The report indicates--

--damage to the axons (fibers, as opposed to myelin insulation) in a number of nerves in your lower extremities, which is typical of lower limb nerve damage caused by diabetes.

The reason for the MRI, I think, is the phrase " A superimposed right lumbosacral motor radiculopathy cannot be fully excluded." This indicates there is some evidence that some of your symptoms may be due to compression of nerve roots on the right side of your lumbar/sacral spine. (A radiculopathy is a compression of nerve roots adjacent to the spine--"radic" is Latin for "root".)

It's not unusual for some people to have neuropathy from some systemic cause, such as diabetes, made worse by additional nerve compression. This is, in fact, referred to as a "double crush syndrome" in which an already compromised nerve tract is further damaged by mechanical compression and the symptoms may actually be greater than the presumed sum of the parts (once a nerve is damaged it doesn't take much compression to really cause it problems).
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Default Thanks Kitt!!!.

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Thought this site was interesting concerning diabetic neuropathy.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c...s/con-20033336
Thanks for the site it has a lot of interesting information.
My diagnosis from the EMG is Sensory Polyneuropathy.
If you know what that means let me know.

Polyneuropathy is damage to many nerves. I don't get the sensory part I can feel if that is what they mean.
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Default Thank you Glenntaj

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--damage to the axons (fibers, as opposed to myelin insulation) in a number of nerves in your lower extremities, which is typical of lower limb nerve damage caused by diabetes.

The reason for the MRI, I think, is the phrase " A superimposed right lumbosacral motor radiculopathy cannot be fully excluded." This indicates there is some evidence that some of your symptoms may be due to compression of nerve roots on the right side of your lumbar/sacral spine. (A radiculopathy is a compression of nerve roots adjacent to the spine--"radic" is Latin for "root".)

It's not unusual for some people to have neuropathy from some systemic cause, such as diabetes, made worse by additional nerve compression. This is, in fact, referred to as a "double crush syndrome" in which an already compromised nerve tract is further damaged by mechanical compression and the symptoms may actually be greater than the presumed sum of the parts (once a nerve is damaged it doesn't take much compression to really cause it problems).
Hi What do the doctors do for the damaged nerves will they heal? Will they get worse?
Do you have any information of what happens from here.

I think you are absolutely correct when you say many nerves are damaged and they suspect a radiculopathy.

This is very scary and I am very upset. I can live with I have now if it won't heal (no choice) but if I can prevent it from getting worse I want to do what ever it takes.

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Default Most doctors, unfortunately--

--don't have a lot of options for nerve healing; they tend to attempt symptomatic relief (which is where all the anti-epileptic and anti-depressant drugs come in).

Some more enlightened ones may be aware of nutritional supplements (many of which we talk about) that may help the nerves heal themselves, but this also would involve halting, or at least slowing down, whatever is damaging the nerves in the first place. People with compressed nerves can do physical therapy, or as a last resort, surgery, to relieve the pressure on the nerves and allow them to recover. People with diabetic neuropathy can get their blood sugars under tight control. People with documented autoimmune neuropathy can try immune modulating treatments to slow down/halt the immune attack on the nerve, and so on. (This is why finding a cause may be important for many people, though many neuropathies remain stubbornly "idiopathic".)
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