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Another interesting article from NIH concerning Neuropathy Pain due to Small Fiber Neuropathy in Aging, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548010/
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@johnbishop. I understand that such a device already exists, but it's pricey. My neurologist in Massachusetts mentioned such a device when we were discussing the "sweat test" I underwent at Mayo last January. She said that a small device can detect SFN by scanning a patients hands when they are placed on the screen.
Hi @steeldove, I had not heard of a hand scanning device to detect neuropathy. I did find a couple of references about it. It's called a Sudoscan. It sounds interesting. The actual product looks like it was only released last year so probably not too many facilities have it or are aware of it. Hope it works out.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3817891/
https://www.sudoscan.com/who-we-are/
John
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Thanks @steeldove, It is an interesting article. It reminded me of a statement about if you live long enough you'll get PN made by Dr. William Kennedy at the Minnesota Neuropathy Association 20 year celebration in Sept 2016. My notes from his speech:
3rd Speaker – Dr. William Kennedy – “Simple inventions that quantify touch on finger, vibration on toes and sweating in neuropathy”
My favorite speaker of the day. All of the speakers had a Q & A after their talk and one of the burning questions of the day was how many people are affected by neuropathy in the U.S. and around the world. Pam and Dr. Walk had both said they thought the numbers were around 20 million in the U.S. and up to 128 million in China. Dr. Kennedy said he would take exception with his younger counterparts and said it’s more like 100% if you live long enough. Since there was some discussion of idiopathic PN, Dr. Kennedy asked if we knew how the diagnosis is made for idiopathic. Got my best laugh of the day when he told us it got the name from the idiot neurologist who diagnosed it.
Dr. Kennedy went on to talk about his research work on developing a tool he would like to make available in every GPs office to easily test for neuropathy. More information can be found on his website: The William R. Kennedy Lab - http://kennedylab.med.umn.edu/.
John