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Hi there Steve.....I only have one request for your skin biopsy test. What was the percentage of nerve cells in the test sample? Mine was .09 which indicated severe SFN. There are several places they can do the skin biopsy? Were yours only done at the ankle?
Good luck......it just might be worthwhile to double check.
Chris
Maybe there's an underlying condition? I always pooh poohed my prediabetes label because my A1C was close to normal but I was overweight most of my adult life and didn't get enough exercise. It's only been the past few years that I've made some changes to eat and live a healthier lifestyle. I've been reading up on metabolic syndrome which can cause lead to a lot of different diagnoses and recently read an article from 2016 that may be what's going on with my idiopathic small fiber PN diagnosis.
"Is small fiber neuropathy fatal? — When those deposits build up, peripheral nerves start to malfunction, and the patient experiences peripheral neuropathy. The disease eventually involves sensory, motor and autonomic nerves, and it is fatal.” — The Fire Within – Johns Hopkins Medicine: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/publications/hopkins_medicine_magazine/features/fall-2016/the-fire-within
Metabolic Syndrome | NHLBI, NIH: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/metabolic-syndrome