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Re: Fibromyalgia/polysensory neuropathy any relation?
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Re: Fibromyalgia/polysensory neuropathy any relation?
by CCF Neurology MD:NT, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By CCF Neurology MD:NT on October 17, 1998 at 23:00:07:
In Reply to: Fibromyalgia/polysensory neuropathy any relation? posted by Susan on October 17, 1998 at 14:51:51:
Is there any relationship between a diagnosis of Polysensory Neuropathy and Fibromyalgia. My doctors keep asking do I get alot of sleep?
I haev always been a nightowl and require little sleep. Would Fibromyalgia haev anything to do with a diagnosis like mine?
Dear Susan:
Fibromyalgia is diagnosed when an individual has a set of characteristic symptoms and signs (such as disabling fatigue, muscular aches and pains, tender "trigger" points, and some other rather nonspecific symptoms related to various other systems). Almost by definition, patients with fibromyalgia do not have an objectively measurable problem of their nerves or muscles. Fibromyalgia remains a controversial clinical entity because the patients have numerous complaints but the doctor is unable to find anything objectively that is wrong with any of the patient's organ systems.
Sensory neuropathy, in contrast, implies a disease of the sensory nerves in which loss or damage to these nerves can be discerned by tests such as EMG, nerve biopsy, and some other specific tests.
Although some evidence exists that fibromyalgia may be associated with a disorder of the autonomic nerves, there is no clear evidence that sensory neuropathy and fibromyalgia are related.
In Reply to: Fibromyalgia/polysensory neuropathy any relation? posted by Susan on October 17, 1998 at 14:51:51:
Is there any relationship between a diagnosis of Polysensory Neuropathy and Fibromyalgia. My doctors keep asking do I get alot of sleep?
I haev always been a nightowl and require little sleep. Would Fibromyalgia haev anything to do with a diagnosis like mine?
Dear Susan:
Fibromyalgia is diagnosed when an individual has a set of characteristic symptoms and signs (such as disabling fatigue, muscular aches and pains, tender "trigger" points, and some other rather nonspecific symptoms related to various other systems). Almost by definition, patients with fibromyalgia do not have an objectively measurable problem of their nerves or muscles. Fibromyalgia remains a controversial clinical entity because the patients have numerous complaints but the doctor is unable to find anything objectively that is wrong with any of the patient's organ systems.
Sensory neuropathy, in contrast, implies a disease of the sensory nerves in which loss or damage to these nerves can be discerned by tests such as EMG, nerve biopsy, and some other specific tests.
Although some evidence exists that fibromyalgia may be associated with a disorder of the autonomic nerves, there is no clear evidence that sensory neuropathy and fibromyalgia are related.
