Dr Abhijeet-?'s regarding PN

[bowhunter0310]

Hi Dr Abhijeet,  I was wondering if peripheral neuropathy ever gets better?  Will I end up in a wheelchair?  And lastly, can this be the cause of the facial tingling and cold sensations that I feel in my face?  I have just recently recovered from a week with the flu.  I had a good dose of it, usually sickeness doesn't get me down, but boy this one wiped me out.  Whats weird is that while I was sick with the flu, the burning sensations were not there.  I was wondering why?  Now that I am back to my normal routine, it has started again.  I was wondering if some kind of allergies or chemical sensitivities would cause the burning feelings that I experience?  During the time that I was sick I was not working my job, which is housekeeping, and cleaning, I have a cleaning business.  Would this have anything to do with it?  I know that I am grasping at straws here, but I don't understand how this all started so suddenly, one day I was fine and the next day I slowly started to go down hill.  All this started 7 years ago with constant nausea, lasting 3 months, then the burning sensations started, and over the years they have become more intense and widespread.  Thank you kindly for your help, again.  I would also like to wish you a Happy Easter!!!

Jen

[Abhijeet Deshmukh, MD]

Hello.

I am sorry you had to bump it so many times.

Yes, neuropathy can be treated. Even if it is a demyelinating pathology, as in MS, it can be treated. There have been a lot of recent advances in the treatment. Multivitamin supplements and some drugs help regain the lost myelin sheath.

Please so not see yourself in a weaker state. The mind does more evil than any illness. Visualize a better tomorrow. And do believe in the power of visualization. The body responds.

The antibodies that are generated when you have flu may fight against the neuropathy. I can not say this is the mechanism, but I guess, it could be a possible explanation. There is no conclusive research on this topic.

This antibody hypothesis can actually fit in the infective cause. So, Lyme disease has to be ruled out once again. And in MS, you have your own cells eating up the myelin. I don not think this Lyme. MS appears to be a distant differential. The MRI and the CSF tests have to match. Your MRI next month may come back normal. Small fiber neuropathy still remains the concern.

I don't know how much this helps. I just wish you keep up the spirits.

Regards  

[bowhunter0310]

Bumping up, please answer

[bowhunter0310]

Bumping up another time!!

[Jenny Wren]

Bumping up again, hopefully you will see this

[Jenny Wren]

Just bumping up