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Did you have an accident/fall/injury? Your EMG of upper and lower limbs will tell you if there is peripheral nerve damage to muscles that control your arms and legs.
Did your neurologist do a skin punch biopsy on your leg/ankle to test for small fiber neuropathy? This can cause foot pain. Did you have extensive neuropathy bloodwork panel?
Depending on the EMG results, you may also want to see an orthopedic spine specialist to do MRIs of your cervical and lumbar spine. Compression of spinal nerves/cord can impact your arms/hands/legs/feet and cause pain, numbness and weakness (radiculopathy/myelopathy). I have small fiber neuropathy, myelopathy and radiculopathy and spine/central nervous system issues do not always show up on EMGs.
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My neuropathy hit all of a sudden and came on very slowly. I was walking my dogs, almost a year ago, and my legs just felt very weak and from there it slowly went to my feet and hands. I’m getting my results from my second EMG soon so I’ll definitely post about that.
I haven’t done a skin biopsy but I have done bloodwork and did MRI’s and those all came back normal so I’ve been quite the lab rat, I’ve felt like. Until I get definitive answers of what’s actually going on with me, I won’t settle and keep pushing for answers. Only answer so far is severe neuropathy and that my neurologist is thinking ketamine treatments in my future if my arms and hands give a similar result as my legs and feet.