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Anyone here dealing with peripheral neuropathy?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Apr 25 1:31pm | Replies (2916)

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@tbeckys

Hi, my name is Terry and I've had neuropathy in both feet and hands and half way up calves of legs for 5 + years.
Is there any things I can try for it. Thanks for listening.

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Hi and welcome.
What, if anything, have you already tried for it?
Do you have any diagnosis as to what caused it? If so, is that condition being treated?

I have Diabetes, Lupus, R.A., Fibromyalgia, Hypothyroidism, Heart disease. IBS and many more problems.

Sorry to hear that you have so many overlapping ailments in addition to peripheral neuropathy. It look like you are a candidate for being diagnosed with Familial Autoimmunity. That said, of the cluster of things you list, diabetes jumps out as the primary risk factor for peripheral neuropathy. With this many ailments seems like you have to play the odds.

Short notation:
Familial association between type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune and related diseases.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19543881
"RESULTS:
Among a total of 450,899 patients, 21,168 were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Familial cases amounted to 10.3% of all type 1 diabetes patients. SIR for type 1 diabetes was 8.23 in offspring of affected parents, 11.92 in singleton siblings, 39.22 in multiplex families and 21.88 in twins; the calculated risk for monozygotic twins was 32.33. Type 1 diabetes in offspring was associated with 13 diseases in parents, including Addison's disease (SIR 2.41), asthma (1.38), coeliac disease (2.73), Graves' disease/hyperthyroidism (1.86), Hashimoto disease/hypothyroidism (2.35), pernicious anaemia (3.09), primary biliary cirrhosis (3.63), rheumatoid arthritis (2.12), sarcoidosis (1.62), systemic lupus erythematosus (2.04), ulcerative colitis (1.23) and Wegener's granulomatosis (2.12)."

but I'm not a doctor so I can't diagnose. You are being seen by specialists, primarily a rheumatologist, endocrinologist and neurologist right?
What treatments are you on?
Is the diabetes in good control?

Yes, I have diabetes. I've tried Lyrica, Neurotin and Savella none of which I can take due to severe swelling in extremities.Have an spot., to c a neurologist.