Ok. The past few days I have been reading up on this PN business and trying to get my head (concentration permitting) around causes/diagnoses - of which there are many, I realise!

So just a couple of questions today!

1). Are muscle twitches (fasciculations) associated with:

a). sensory neuropathy alone
b). muscular neuropathy alone
c). autonomic neuropathy
d). a combination and if so, of which ones

So in other words, can you for example have fasciculations if you have just sensory neuropathy?

2). Is patchy sensory neuropathy associated with any particular cause?

3). If one is having symptoms in addition to PN such as extreme gut sequelae, fatigue, arthralgias, myalgias, does that mean something autonomic may be happening?

4). Are there time lines between the manifestation of some symptoms eg. sensory and eg. when muscle involvement may occur.

5). Apart from Guillain-Barre syndrome where progression of symptoms is rapid, how long in most PN's 'til you know if you are getting better or worse - ie. before treatment is instituted? Or is it always downhill unless it is an hysterical PN - which may be shortterm?

I do realise that everyone's case is different but are there any patterns?

More questions later!!