More good news !?!?
 

Read this:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0615171509.htm

Is good for us?

Are all sensory neuropathies DRG? Or just like shingles?

Shingles lives in the dorsal nerve roots. It activates mysteriously and people vary in this response.

That article has a significant keyword: HEREDITARY malfunctioning nerves in the dorsal root. Nerves that are missing a gene from birth.

Neuronopathies are somewhat different from neuropathies.

Neuronopathy is damage to the neuron itself. It is more specific.

Neuropathy may include unusual sensations and is a more global term:
examples:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&d...e&ved=0CBEQkAE
It includes neuronopathies.

In fact--
 

--look at this site for some comprehensive info on the distinctions, though the symptoms may be similar:

http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/antibody/sneuron.html