Charcot Joint is NOT CMT disease

[Guest guest]

Just to clarify, Charcot Joint is NOT CMT disease. Info about Charcot Joint with

photo at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropathic_arthropathy

[Guest guest]

OK, I have had a charcot foot and I found that Wiki link hard to understand.

I googled Charcot Jont and really didn't like any of the explanations, but

if you look at them as a whole, you get an idea of what the issue is about.

It's basically a joint that no longer receives nerve impulses and starts to

break down.

For Charcot foot:

http://www.foothealthfacts.org/footankleinfo/charcot-foot.htm

A charcot joint is caused by a degenerative neuropathic condition. For most

of the population, that means diabetes. For us CMTers, it means our CMT.

At age 50, after about five years of asking " what's wrong with my foot? " I

was diagnosed with a charcot foot. An ortho surgeon lookng at that foot made

a visual diagnosis of CMT based on my other foot, a classic high arch with

hammer toes. I googled CMT and read the list of symptoms, and it was like a

check list of anomolies for me. An EMG later confirmed the diagnosis.

O

Charcot Joint is NOT CMT disease

Just to clarify, Charcot Joint is NOT CMT disease. Info about Charcot Joint

with photo at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropathic_arthropathy

[Guest guest]

, a diagnosis of a Charcot joint 20 yrs ago was in fact what finally got my

disorder diagnosed. In my case it was a " bubble " full of yellowish fluid, for

lack of a better word the size of a golf ball on my left ankle. After that I got

to see a neurologist and got the ball rolling as to overall dagnosis.

Take good care, Mark

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From: Oltmann <joltman1@...>

Sent: Fri, August 20, 2010 5:22:27 PM

Subject: Re: Charcot Joint is NOT CMT disease

 

OK, I have had a charcot foot and I found that Wiki link hard to understand.

I googled Charcot Jont and really didn't like any of the explanations, but

if you look at them as a whole, you get an idea of what the issue is about.

It's basically a joint that no longer receives nerve impulses and starts to

break down.

For Charcot foot:

http://www.foothealthfacts.org/footankleinfo/charcot-foot.htm

A charcot joint is caused by a degenerative neuropathic condition. For most

of the population, that means diabetes. For us CMTers, it means our CMT.

At age 50, after about five years of asking " what's wrong with my foot? " I

was diagnosed with a charcot foot. An ortho surgeon lookng at that foot made

a visual diagnosis of CMT based on my other foot, a classic high arch with

hammer toes. I googled CMT and read the list of symptoms, and it was like a

check list of anomolies for me. An EMG later confirmed the diagnosis.

O

Charcot Joint is NOT CMT disease

Just to clarify, Charcot Joint is NOT CMT disease. Info about Charcot Joint

with photo at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropathic_arthropathy