Interesting idea...
I DO have peripheral neuropathy, with an atypical pattern (hands are worse than feet!) and it is associated with abnormal heat and cold responses, tingling, itching, burning, pins and needles, numbness... the symptoms are made worse by various nutritional deficiencies.
...but I don't think I've ever heard of any kind of neuropathy that causes the widespread aching that is one of the most prevalent fibromyalgia symptoms... that just isn't what nerve damage feels like, at least in my book... lol
My neurologist told me that the numbness and burning in extremities is because the nerves are only getting partial signals to send the blood back to the heart, and it slows the circulation and reduces the amount of oxygen that gets to the cells there... so they either "complain", screaming to the brain that something is wrong, (the itching, burning etc) or they shut down... and eventually, if nothing changes, the nerve cells will die from lack of oxygen, sometimes before they reproduce-- and if there aren't enough left viable to regenerate when needed... well, you can imagine. Scary stuff...
I am seeing my neurologist in a week or two... this SFN thing might be worth asking about...
but with the fibrofog, maybe I should go and write this down! LOL
Thanks for the little snack--aka food for thought!... lol
Kathy
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