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Neuropathy symptoms come and go - is this typical?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Jul 2, 2022 | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
Hi, I’m wondering if you have had an EMG or Nerve Conduction Study? I met with a new Neurologist yesterday. It seemed to me I had SFN written all over me and wondered why we wouldn’t do skin biopsies to confirm (I have “need to know” like someone else commented) But this Neurologist explained that my EMGs have indicated long fiber axonal loss PN with no demyelination, and that is the diagnosis; hence no need to further look to see if it’s SFN. I’m still absorbing this, as I’m in awe I’ve found this compassionate Neurologist who actually took time to spell something out for me! He even drew me a little diagram. So I’m just wondering if you’ve had an EMG with results. I am not positive what results people get from an EMG when they have SFN, if any.
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Damage to the larger of the small nerve fibers can be detected on an EMG. That is how my sensory (small-fiber) peripheral neuropathy was diagnosed. I also have motor (large fiber) nerve damage. The cause was an adverse reaction to the Covid vaccines.
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Hi Debbie @dbeshears1, When I started on my neuropathy journey to learn as much as my old mind can handle on my condition, I found some videos that were easy to understand from Matthew B. Jensen, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Wisconsin. He has a YouTube channel which is just what I needed at the time. Check it out 🙂- https://www.youtube.com/c/MatthewBJensen/videos. The first one I watched was a good walkthrough about how different conditions are diagnosed --- Approach to neurological syndromes: https://youtu.be/3FrQ7Glvgok.