Determining what kind
 

of neuropathy you have and how it should be diagnosed.

We have lots of new posters here, and I strongly urge each of you to read all the info in the SECOND Sticky at the top of this forum's page.

Two main questions seem to pop up continiously: Diagnosing Small Fibre Neuropathies and Traumatic neuropathies.

First off I suggest all of you read and re-read the stickies, get familiar with the new LANGUAGE of doc-speak we all have had to learn, then review your medical records or GET copies of ALL pertinent tests done [blood work, MRI summaries, Nerve conduction studies etc] THEN...check off all testing done from www.lizajane.org -

Here are some web sites that may put things in 'simpler' terms that might give you some answers, I am not sure if these have been posted in the past or if they are in the 'stickies'...
http://www.massgeneral.org/neurology...dOaklander.pdf
http://www.thecni.org/reviews/13-2-p07-treihaft.htm
http://neuropathology.neoucom.edu/ch...europathy.html

Regarding traumatic neuropathy, sources are:
http://www.painclinic.org/nervepain-...neuropathy.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=VUn...jRmimCEGCfFXN4
This is kind of an older paper, but the photos are graphic:
http://www.ocpm.edu/hallux/HV%20chap...uropathies.pdf
Hope this all helps clear up things [sort of?] - j