anyone else here with sensori-motor neuropathy ? Especially the motor bit.
I have had an increasing loss of motor nerve function in my toes feet and now up to my knees for quite some years. It has been getting worse for about 10 years.
My toes don't really move at all, I have lost a lot of function in my plantar nerve (along the bottom of my feet), my ankles are shot and I wear foot drop splints which are fab, though very sweaty in the summer months.
But now it is starting in my fingers, and I am just wondering how this will play itself out. My neuro says it usually spreadys to the hands once it reaches the knees, and i am awaiting another round of nerve function studies in legs and arms/hands.
At the moment all that is happening with my fingers is that my finer movements are being effected, but I am worried that my fingers may become as useless as my toes. Toes that don't move are not a biggie, though it does make my balance problem worse, but fingers that don't move would obviously be a much bigger problem.
any one with any experience of this ?
thx guys
raglet
If anyone is interested (I know how many of you love to google ! Me too hahaha) here is a link to some good basic information about sensorimotor neuropathy
http://healthguide.howstuffworks.com/sensorimotor-polyneuropathy-dictionary.htm
I have had an increasing loss of motor nerve function in my toes feet and now up to my knees for quite some years. It has been getting worse for about 10 years.
My toes don't really move at all, I have lost a lot of function in my plantar nerve (along the bottom of my feet), my ankles are shot and I wear foot drop splints which are fab, though very sweaty in the summer months.
But now it is starting in my fingers, and I am just wondering how this will play itself out. My neuro says it usually spreadys to the hands once it reaches the knees, and i am awaiting another round of nerve function studies in legs and arms/hands.
At the moment all that is happening with my fingers is that my finer movements are being effected, but I am worried that my fingers may become as useless as my toes. Toes that don't move are not a biggie, though it does make my balance problem worse, but fingers that don't move would obviously be a much bigger problem.
any one with any experience of this ?
thx guys
raglet
If anyone is interested (I know how many of you love to google ! Me too hahaha) here is a link to some good basic information about sensorimotor neuropathy
http://healthguide.howstuffworks.com/sensorimotor-polyneuropathy-dictionary.htm