please explaine i have mild perithial neurapathy with axon involvement what does this mean in laymans terns thxsalso the only part of my body i dont have it now is my lower back please explaine what kind of neurapathy this can be and im extremaly sesitive to the cold my neuro does not explaine anything to me

Axon is a long fiber of a nerve cell. Each nerve cell has one axon.

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/...rticlekey=7797 Your neurologist should be explaining this to you and answering any other questions that you might have.

when he did the needle test on me he turned and told the nurse that i had neurapathy and to make me an appt in 2 weeks and left the room i asked her well what aboat my face numbness and she said it starts in your feet well apparantly it worked its way up what scares me is its now in my chest and i dont know the damage it is doing thank you for your help

Don't know if I helped but I tried.

Hey,

It's okay to be scared.

EMGs are no fun. Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!

Sometimes it takes a while to find a diagnosis. Maybe keeping a journal would help you understand so you can relay that to the docs.

If you're sick, you're going to have a lot of medical trips. Not at your convinence, though. And you ususally have to pay for this added aggravation.

There's just no substitute for good health.

Don't hestitate to ask for help here. There's a wealth of info to reasearch.

I pray you find relief soon.

The axon is the center of the nerve cell, the myelin is the sheath or covering.
Kinda like an electrical wire. The plastic outside (myelin)
is the insulation for the wire inside (axon).

Have you read the 'stickies' at the top of the topics page?
Go to the links provided therein for answers to many of your questions.

I don't know why Neuro's as so arrogant but it's hard to find one who's not a butt heard.

In my opinion your overall health needs addressing if your not taking care of yourself. Unless it's something like b12 deficiency and shot's take care of it but it's not that easy for most. I hope it's an obvious one. The possibles are in the stickies. Some might be deficiencies like B12, alcohol, diabetic, cemicals, etc. But do yourself a favor if your not in tip top shape and eating correctly, getting enough sleep, keeping stress to a minimum, etc. do it these will help hopefully along with knowledge about PN and what to look for (causes). Good luck.