Hello! I am brand new here. I've been experiencing PN for probably 10 months, but only constantly for about 3 months. It began just as a feeling of parts of my hands tingling sometimes in the mornings for an hour or so, and then it would go away. But it progressed to various parts of my hands and feet tingling all day long. At this point I went in, and the doctor ran fasting glucose and A1C. I wasn't diabetic. Then she ran B12 and folate. Those were fine. She was going to run an EMG next.

Then I got pregnant. Due to the pregnancy she no longer wanted to run EMG because no matter the results, whatever drug she would prescribe would probably not be safe for pregnancy. I requested that we do more blood work, as my research shows lots of additional causes for PN that can be diagnosed through blood work. She advised me to bring whatever information I had found to my primary care provider. (She is not my PCP, but I saw her initially, because my PCP is so awesome that she's booked 3 months out.)

So now I have an appointment with my PCP, but it's not until September. Meanwhile, in addition to feet and hands tingling, now my forearms have started to have a burning feeling intermittently, and hands and feet feel intermittently like they're coated in a layer of something like plastic wrap.

I am not sure what to do next. September seems a long way off. I don't want this to progress and do more damage if I can help it. What are the more probable causes of PN, after diabetes, B12, and folate? I know of some websites where you can order your own lab tests. I could order a few, probably, before I run out of money! I just am not sure what to order - the list of causes of PN is a mile long, it seems.

Thank you!!