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@mcvmark

Does stem cell work? Doesn't sound like it does yet?

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Welcome @mcvmark, Sorry to hear you've joined the neuropathy club. It sounds like you just have pain and tingling in your feet and it's not related to diabetes. Other than seizure type medications prescribed for neuropathy by your neurologist or doctor, there are many different treatments members have found helpful for treating their symptoms. You can read some of the experiences members have share in the Member Neuropathy Journey Stories: What's Yours? discussion here -- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/member-neuoropathy-journey-stories-whats-yours/.

Are you able to share a little more about your diagnosis and any treatments you have tried?

@mcvmark - There's no clinical evidence that stem cell therapy for neuropathy works that I have seen. There is a discussion here that you might want to read through.

Stem Cell Therapy for Neuropathy: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/stem-cell-therapy-for-neuropahy/

Although I think stem cell therapy is a great hope for all of us with neuropathy, I don't see it happening in my lifetime.
Here's some information that I posted in that discussion awhile back.

‘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/