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Peripheral Neurophy: Is Cramping Part Of The Package?

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(PeteCresswell)

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Mar 11, 2007, 6:53:43 PM3/11/07
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Is cramping part of the syndrome of ailments accompanying peripheral neuropathy?
Or is it a separate issue?
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Jack

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Mar 14, 2007, 3:38:01 PM3/14/07
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(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Is cramping part of the syndrome of ailments accompanying peripheral neuropathy?
> Or is it a separate issue?
More of a need to stretch out the toes if it is in the foot. Usually
there is a burning, aching, sometimes tingling. But literal cramping
usually isn't a sign of PN.

(PeteCresswell)

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Mar 14, 2007, 5:08:53 PM3/14/07
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Per Jack:

>More of a need to stretch out the toes if it is in the foot. Usually
>there is a burning, aching, sometimes tingling. But literal cramping
>usually isn't a sign of PN.

Calf and shin muscles mostly - with some episodes in those sheets of muscle
across the inner thighs and occasionally in the biceps of the leg.

Seems to have gotten worse coincident with recent progression of the PN... but
then again, "correlation is not causation"....
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Jack

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Mar 14, 2007, 6:00:33 PM3/14/07
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Well...it does sound like progression...if it is moving up your legs.
Get some blood tests...and also get the hideous electrical test...not
fun...but it will tell you if it is large or small fiber.

(PeteCresswell)

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Mar 14, 2007, 7:10:38 PM3/14/07
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Per Jack:

>Well...it does sound like progression...if it is moving up your legs.
>Get some blood tests...and also get the hideous electrical test...not
>fun...but it will tell you if it is large or small fiber.

Had that a number of times. Last one a few weeks ago. The nerves in the feet
up to about mid-calf are 100% gone according to the doc that did the test.

Progressive? Yes... I think the term of art is "Insidiously progressive
idiopathic"...

But my real question is about the cramps. Are they related to PN in general?
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Jack

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Mar 14, 2007, 9:57:40 PM3/14/07
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I don't think so....that sounds like something completely different.

justsn

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Oct 24, 2009, 6:03:47 PM10/24/09
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Hi

There is a spectrum of disorders called neuromyotonia. Cramp and muscle
twitching are common problems. I guess if you have progressive PN and
motor nerves are affected as well as sensory, then irritated,damaged or
demylinated motor nerves could cause abnormal muscle tone and cramp.

No expert though ;-)

Good Luck

Simon

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