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Small fiber peripheral neuropathy and alcohol

Neuropathy | Last Active: Apr 23 9:44am | Replies (30)
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@jeffrapp

Thanks for the reply, @bkruppa. I too cannot find any good studies linking PN to a specific amount of alcohol. I have, however, found ones like this https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=7826275, which seems to link PN to some amount of alcohol, independent of poor diet. Another more comprehensive paper is https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00415-018-9123-1, which also links PN to alcohol. Neither seems to indicate how much is too much.
It appears to be true that alcohol can be a nerve poison in some amounts in some people. The details appear to be lacking.

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bkruppa | @bkruppa | Jun 23, 2019

The problem that I have with most studies is that they result in "guilt by association" conclusions rather than scientific analysis of why a condition occurs. And if there are outlying cases that don't fit the main conclusion they call it "anecdotal" which to me further supports the fact that the relationships between something and a result is unknown. There are way too many human variables in these mass testings to produce reliable results (in my opinion). Furthermore too many conclusions result in large percentage changes of a really insignificant number in the first place so the result is still insignificant.

I'm sure you can find reports/people who have increased nerve pain when using alcohol as well as finding people who don't have nerve pain. The problem is you don't know where you fit in this picture because while you know the benefits of a drink you don't know the risks involved and I doubt anyone really knows.. This is an engineer's perspective.:):).

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