Would I still be considered to have neuropathy, or something else?

If this is the case then you will be in my camp. Most neurologists will not say you have SFN. They will medically code it as a "disturbance of skin sensation", which is absurd, IMO.

Yup same camp! My neurologist corrected me when I used the term symptoms. He said they're sensations.

It may just not be "small-fiber neuropathy" as defined by the five and ninety-five percentile standards of the McArthur protocols (which in my opinion are rather arbitrary and limiting).

I've written a LOT about this in the past; just this morning I posted this:


http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread230440-2.html

I should also add that the two general neurologists who did my physical exam found areas of temperature loss on my upper body. They said it was small fiber neuropathy.

Later, the neuromuscular doctor only did a punch biopsy test on 2 spots of my right leg. The punch biopsy test was analyzed in house at UW Teaching hopsital and did not look at my sweat glands. I did not have a QSART test either. My guess is that it would have confirmed SFN since parts of my body are not sweating properly.

The neuromuscular doctor emailed me with my results, told me they were negative for SFN, and told me to get a referral to the pain clinic.

Either way, positive or negative results, he would have told me to go to the pain clinic. At UW they are only interested in diagnosing it and sending you on your way.

This was my experience as well.