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Hello @lynsorensen, I have not heard of kappa light chains before but did find some information from Mayo Clinic's News Network:
http://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-ids-immune-system-glitch-tied-to-fourfold-higher-likelihood-of-death/
I also did a search on Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/) using the search term "kappa light chains cause neuropathy" and it found quite a bit of information:
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2017&q=kappa+light+chains+cause+neuropathy&hl=en&as_sdt=0,24
Hope this helps, also that others jump in the conversation if they have more information.
John
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Thank you. These articles were very enlightening and helps me perform better continued searches. I have had 2 liver transplant since 2000. My kidney appear to be damaged from Prograf/Tacrolimus now. Stage 3B. I had the blood test as part of my continued neuropathy in my feet and starting up each leg. I am waiting to see what the doctors say next since I just got these results online through My Chart. Cancer scars me!
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Thanks for the links, John, but I'm afraid the info they give is way beyond my level of understanding. I do have a slight elevation in my kappa light chains, which my hematologist thinks is just a slight anomaly, and nothing to worry about. But we are going to watch it. Then, since I saw her last October, I have "come up with" a neuropathy (allodynia) on my back. It started very abruptly, unlike the usual diabetic peripheral neuropathy, though I am diabetic.
Do you think I should bring this to her attention?
Thank you.