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Does Stem Cell Therapy work for Neuropathy?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Jan 9 10:45am | Replies (187)Comment receiving replies
I'm brand new here but have been struggling with neuropathy in my feet for about a year and a half (and now legs, I think). I'm 69 and very fortunate based on some of the posts I've read. I have some pain, but not a lot; main issue is just fatigue in my legs. My balance is bad when just standing but ok when I'm moving. I'm still able to play tennis even - but barely; after an hour or so my legs are exhausted. I had surgery last October to fuse three discs in my neck because an MRI showed a severe compression at one point. While I do not regret the surgery, it apparently has not helped the neuropathy. I have attended two seminars on stem cell treatment (cells harvested from umbilical cords) and it sounds very promising. But my wife and PhD son are both very skeptical. Does Mayo or elsewhere offer this? Does anyone have any experience you can share? Thank you.
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Hello @dennyk, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You will notice that we have merged your discussion with an active discussion with the same name so that you can meet other members discussing stem cell therapy for neuropathy. If you click the VIEW & REPLY button at the bottom of this email notification you received, it will take you directly to the post in the discussion.
I would recommend reading the post by @colleenyoung that was posted earlier in this discussion here:
— https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/stem-cell-therapy-for-neuropahy/?pg=1#comment-110326
There are also a few other links posted earlier in the discussion that I list here for convenience.
Reference info: ‘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/
@dennyk I do understand why you would want stem cell therapy to be an option for neuropathy but like your wife and son I am skeptical. May I ask what seminar you attended discussing stem cell treatment for neuropathy? Was it a sponsored event by a stem cell clinic?