I have a question
 

Hi
I have a question. I have PN in both of my feet. The question is my feet use to sweat a lot. But I noticed that along with my PN my feet don't sweat any more. Could the fact that my feet don't sweat any more have any thing to do with the PN?

Dave

Absolutely--one common symptom--
 

--of autonomic involvement in neuropathy is anhidrosis, or loss of sweating function controlled by the small, unmyelinated autonomic nerves:

http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/auton...tml#anhidrosis

Is anhidrosis
 

Just another sypmtom of PN or are they both symptoms of a larger disease or condition?

Or does the anhidrosis cause PN?

Thanks for the information and link.

I am not sure about your 2nd ? or what glen stated but I have heard that often with this condition it sends weird responses. Some I wonder too if it is circulation issues. Sorry if I am confusing you or am wrong just thoughts

Generally--
 

--the neuropathy--the loss of proper functioning of those small nerve fibers, results in the anhidrosis.

There are many other things that can cause anhidrosis--and neuropathy, for that matter--but it's certainly true that malfunctioning nerves can lead directly to anhidrosis, and this is not uncommon.

There is more than one school of thought when it comes to PN.
Some call it a disease, others a 'condition' brought about
by something else.
PN can be brought about as a result of another disease or it can be caused by over 200 known causes- some that are diseases, some that are inherited, some that are by (accidental) entrapment of nerves, some that are causing cell death thru chemicals, some that are irritations, & some that are surgical mistakes.
PN can then cause other problems- and ancillary conditions to occur, after it has taken hold.
PN is the cells' mis-firing & sending mixed signals to the brain, that are interpreted as a myriad of symptoms. This can be because of injury, cell death, or various other reasons.
The end result is still, that the cells are sending mixed signals -that we interpret as pain, and symptoms. Or, in the case of cell death- numbness and other types of symptoms.
There has been very little research in many of the various types of PN(with very little success).
Only the most common, such as Diabetic Neuropathy and a very few other causal types.

Well I guess I was Hoping that the lack of sweat may point towards the cause. Thanks for the information.