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@annmarie1

Hi, my name is Ann and I have an Aunt who has been living with peripheral neuropathy since I was a child. I am now 60 years old and my Aunt is in her late 80's. Recently my cousin (her son) was told that she had reached the maximum medicinal treatment available. He was told by someone to talk to a doctor at some clinic re: Stem Cell Therapy for peripheral neuropathy. I have been searching the Internet and all I can find is some research being done on it but no definitive treatments using Stem Cells. Does the Mayo Clinic have any information on this topic that I can pass on to my cousin. He is not in the healthcare field so he turned to me for help. Thank you very much for your assistance. I truly appreciate it. Ann

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Sep 15, 2019

Hi Ann @annmarie1, Welcome to Connect. I don't know of any successful stem cell treatment/therapy for any autoimmune disease but there is a good discussion for neuropathy that you might be interested in reading through to see what others have discussed. Normally it's not covered by insurance. Also I don't think there have been any clinical trials or FDA approval for any of these types of treatments so it's good to do a lot of research.

> Groups > Neuropathy > Stem Cell Therapy for Neuropathy
— https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/stem-cell-therapy-for-neuropahy/

Here are some articles that may provide some more information.

There is also a post by @colleenyoung our Director that discusses one of the focus areas on neuroregeneration, one of Mayo Clinic's Regenerative Medicine Programs.
-- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/stem-cell-therapy-for-neuropahy/?pg=1#comment-110326

‘Amazing’ New Stem Cell Treatment for Neuropathy (July 2015)
— https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/7/12/amazing-stem-cell-treatment-for-neuropathy

National Institutes of Health – Mesenchymal stem cells to treat diabetic neuropathy: a long and strenuous way from bench to the clinic
— https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4979500/

Do you know if your aunt has a specific diagnosis for her neuropathy and what type of symptoms she has?

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