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Small fiber peripheral neuropathy and alcohol
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I too just joined the forum, recently diagnosed w poly neuropathy(6 months ago) possibly Parsonage Turner syndrome and I have been a wine drinker for many years. I have been honest with my medical team and chose to drastically limit my drinking(yes, it eases my pain) in an effort to improve my overall well-being especially this painful neuropathy. No improvement in my pain but I do feel better in general. I've had every blood and urine test imaginable all negative so I'm going to get a ekg and MRI of my brain later this month to rule out any causes from that end.
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Hello@kimchi19, and welcome to the forum.
I'm a little confused by your post, in that you first said that limiting your drinking eases your pain, and then said that there is no improvement in your pain.
Believe me, I certainly understand how difficult it is to sort out the many variables and causes of pain in this condition.
I'm trying to determine whether or not drinking has any effect on my PN. As I said above, I stopped completely for several months, yet the condition progressed and got worse, so I presumed (possibly incorrectly) that the drinking had nothing to do with it, and went back to drinking (but more moderately). Now, I don't notice whether the drinking has any immediate effect or not. You seem to indicate that it does. Is this correct?
BTW, have you had a skin biopsy and EMG/NCS? Those are probably the definitive tests in making the diagnosis of what form of PN you have.