questions re: peripheral neuropathy
 

I have had pn for 9 years with it beginning with numbness in my right toe and has since spread up to my lower calves. It is primarily sensory with mild motor nerve involvement. Like most of you, I have had a very thorough work-up with 4 neurologist, including chairman of dept. of neurology at University of Texas Southwestern medical school. Diagnosis, as you might have guessed, is idiopathic axonal peripheral neuropathy. I had a lumbar puncture that showed borderline protein elevation but failed to benefit from a regiment of IVIG.
I have 4 questions:
1.Have any of you experienced improvement of symptoms for no reason followed by a sudden worsening for no apparent reason with this cycle repeating itself.
2. Recently, I've started to experience some numbing of the lips and tongue. Have any of you experienced that.
3. I have had elevated C-reactive protein off and on since I have had pn. Is crp ever associated with any types of pn.
4. Has anyone ever found therapeutic benefit from Tumeric

Some of us--
 

--have certainly had waxing/waning or cycling symptoms, although this is more typical of chronic autoimmune and metabolically-caused neuropathies than those from other causes.

I see you've been on the Peripheral Neuropathy section of this board before--come back on over there; people will have more specific information (I think there was even a thread on tumeric at one point):

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/fo...sprune=-1&f=20

If you try turmeric, it is the curcumin subunit that you want....not well absorbed take with oil/fat to increase absorbtion.

Thanks for your reply. Where do I find curcumin subunit

questions re: peripheral neuropathy
 

Thank you glenntaj. I'll try posting over there.