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Neuropathy caused by toxins, poisons and chemicals

Neuropathy | Last Active: Oct 21 9:09am | Replies (83)

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@mayonaise28

I worked as a furniture refinisher for a couple of summers in my late teens before college. As far as I know the exposure was to denatured alcohol paint stripper and possibly methylene chloride though some skin contact (although I wore protective gear) and fumes from large vats of the chemicals. I frequently needed to go outside to get fresh air because of inadequate ventilation at the site. It would make me dizzy and generally take me a while at the end of the day before I felt cognitively sharp enough to drive myself home. Wondering if now some 40 years later, this was a factor in developing neuropathy,

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Like you say dizziness was a big factor. Back in the early seventies when I was using methylene chloride we had no PPE or H&S training in it's use . So every day every so often you would have a dizzy spell. You just went outside until the dizziness wore off and the went back to work until the next time.