Thanks Tracie for the info on Neuropathy.

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Tracie, thank you for all the info on neuropathy...great

information. My test have shown inlarged peroneal nerves in both

knees...is this common in NS? I haven't been back to my neuro to

ask--- Thanks again.

In Neurosarcoidosis , tiodaat@... wrote:

>

> In a message dated 5/27/06 5:34:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

> gabbysauntienini@... writes:

>

>

> > What is neuropathy, exactly? I thought they had said I

had " optic

> > neuropathy " but my husband said it's " optic neuritis. " Either

way, I'm not relishing

> > the thought of not seeing any more.

> >

>

> Neuropathy is when the nerves are damaged and can't recieve the

correct

> signals from the brain.

> Neuritis is inflammation of the nerves.

> Optic Neuritis is inflammation of the optic nerves. This causes

the

> interruption of the signal from the eyes to the brain where it is

then interperted as

> sight. If there is a swelling of the nerve, you may have a " blind

spot " in a

> part of your vision. This can be seen on Visual Field Tests. (We

all have a

> small -very small natural blind spot). However with ON the blind

spot gets

> larger.

>

> Peripheral neuropathy is where the nerves going to your hands,

fingers, feet

> and toes and arms, legs, misfire. This can be because of

inflammation, or

> because of damage to the myelin sheath that covers our nerves.

Both MS, NS, and

> diabetes can damage the myelin sheath. For us, the PN happens

when the myelin

> sheath starts wearing thin or thru at the ends of our fingers and

feet. It

> can eventually go up and attack the spinal cord coverage and then -

similar to

> MS, we end up in wheelchairs, etc.

> MS the demyelination happens at the spinal cord, and goes outward--

so that

> they still have feeling in their hands and fingers, but lose the

ability to

> control movement--or lose feeling and control.

> Small nerve fibre neuropathy is where you get the sensation of

your skin

> being on fire, even with just air or clothing touching it. This

can repair

> itself, unlike PN.

>

> Go to WWW.THEACPA.ORG and look up nerve pain. There is a few

good articles

> there, and there is a push right now for more study into nerve

pain. I

> believe it's a section called " It takes Nerve. " (There is a

website that you can

> link to.)

>

> ACPA is the American Chronic Pain Association. Check it out.

>

> Sincerely,

> Tracie

> NS Co-owner/moderator

>