My wife (39 otherwise totally healthy) was diagnosed by a Neuro (in early Dec 2011) with Small Fiber Neuropathy. He ordered tons of tests to find the cause. All came back normal, except her MRI with contrast showed CMI with 6mm. No symptoms for CMI so she was labeled asymptomatic. She got an infection and a blood clot from the IV when she got the MRI, and was put on an antibiotic and aspirin. It (the infection and clot) cleared-up after a couple of weeks, but at about the exact same (late Dec) she felt nauseous, had neck pain, and a radiating headache. This went on for about 4 days, and then began to wane.
On day 10, after the first occurrence of neck pain and headache, no neck pain or anything until she got a stress-inducing call from her Mom about 6 hours after getting up, then she immediately said an ache in her neck was back but in the middle half-way down, but this faded after about 45 mins of our talking and a walk. She also said that her SFN was pretty much gone and only a little in her fingertips and mostly gone in her legs and toes. Although later that night, she told me that she had SFN tingling and numbness in her left arm from mid-humorous down, this eventual went away about an hour later. At 1a, this happened again and included her left leg, both were gone by 8a in the morning. Weird. That is a brief as I could be.
1. We are scared that her initial symptoms was her CMI had suddenly becoming symptomatic, but the location of the pain, now only and ache halfway down her neck, and the fact that it is immediately brought on by stress has me questioning this. She doesn't seem to have any other classic CMI symptoms (dizziness, poor coordination, vision problems, and none of her headaches or neck pain/aches by coughing, sneezing, neck motion, or straining). Any thoughts?
2. Could the antibiotic have aided or caused the suspected Small Fiber Neuropathy to resolve? Or is it just maybe a coincidence? Not that I am complaining.
Thank you.