Confused
 

My new neurologist wants to do an MRI scan. As well as excruciating pain in my feet I have transient pins and needles in my legs and a vibrating feeling in bladder and tummy. He did a really detailed and lengthy physical examine and said me legs were weak. He mentioned that he though I may have had something called Transverse Myelitis but I have googled this but I don’t have all the symptoms. The other neurologist I saw ordered evocated potential tests which I think are also test of the central rather than the peripheral nervous system so they both seem to think that the CNS is involved.

I have learnt here that other with PN have sensations in their legs and that PN can cause bladder problems as an autonomic neuropathy.

I am now confused but at least I will be getting an MRI which should help one way or the other in the diagnosis I have been waiting for since all this started at the beginning of the year.

Any thoughts, is he just being thorough?

As Glenn says central nervous system disease has many of the same symptoms as peripheral neuropathy. Ruling out central nervous system problems is part of the process of eliminating possible causes of PN. It is more a process of elimination in most cases unless you have an obvious cause such as from trauma. That should only be a starting point however, not an ending one.

Lupin, MRI's are and should be...
 

expected as NORMAL as part of a GOOD diagnosis. This is part of the whole examination and testing route that ELIMINATES most other conditions in the process.

http://neuroexam.com is a good source to see what the steps are that should occur in the diagnosis process...That, combined with the www.LizaJane.org charts, make up a sort of 'road map' of what tests could be done up and down the road. Not to mention all the blood tests!

It IS like learning a new language, OK languages really. There's the medical lingo, the chemistry one, the nutritional and supplement one, and finally, the pharmacy one. It's a lot to take in, especially when you can't sleep from all the pain!

While this all is going on, and it seems to take forever, YOU can be doing pro-active things such as working on the nutrition & supplement factors to speed things along to put yourself in the best possible way to let your body heal from this insult called PN.

Hang in there! - j

Symptoms can occur before damage is visible on an MRI
 

But it is valuable in ruling out some severe damage. And if the damage is stoppable while not visible, the chances of recovery are probably better.

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