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An important recent study on "Small-Fiber Neuropathy" from the Cleveland Clini

August 28, 2010

Hello all:

The following link will take you to a 2009 study done by the Cleveland Clinic specifically on "Small-Fiber Neuropathy":

http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/5/297.full

This is a MUST-READ study that will answer many of your questions on "Small Fiber" neuropathy!

ENJOY!

David

I often refer people--

--to this paper as well (which is also in our Useful Websites section):

http://www.thecni.org/reviews/13-2-p07-treihaft.htm

The important takeaway points for me from this study were that, in following the progress of folks with small fiber neuropathy over a two-year period, they found that after two years:

1) The symptoms of 60% of patients were unchanged

2) The symptoms of 30% of patients were worse

3) The symptoms of 10% of patients were better

Of those with small-fiber neuropathy at the outset, only 11% had developed large-fiber involvement by the end of the two-year study.

Finally, the typical course of pure small-fiber neuropathy was typically benign (non-life threatening) and did not lead to loss of mobility.

David