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Old 04-06-2009, 07:12 PM #12
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Originally Posted by nide44 View Post
Raglet,
The gold standard test for Small Fober Neuropathy (SFN)
is the Skin Punch Biopsy Test (Not the Sural).
This will detect damage to the small fibers.
Bob,
Could you elaborate a little on the skin punch test for me? I had a test years and years ago where they took a cork screw looking thing and took a small round circle out of my arm. They said that was for Lupus, so I don't think it's the same one, but... that was when I was 18 and I'm now 52. Things change fast nowadays! I ask because they are checking me for SLE via blood test now. My mom was told when I was 18 that the skin test for Lupus was the only one of all the tests for various diseases they ran on me that was definative and they would never find Lupus on me since it was negative at that time.

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