What is the best treatment for small fiber neuropathy?
Painful sensory paresthesias can be treated with anti-seizure medications, antidepressants, or analgesics including opiate drugs. In severe painful conditions patients may be referred to the Blaustein Chronic Pain Clinic for a multidisciplinary approach to pain management.
What triggers small fiber neuropathy?
People can develop small fiber neuropathy due to nerve damage from another underlying medical condition, such as diabetes, an autoimmune disease, or an injury. Treatments depend on the underlying cause. In most cases, managing the underlying medical condition can relieve the symptoms of small fiber neuropathy.
Can you recover from small fiber neuropathy?
“If we can find the underlying cause and treat it, then the neuropathy can get better—those small nerve fibers are able to regrow,” Dr. Traub says. For example, if someone with prediabetes starts a program of intensive exercise and diet and improves his or her blood sugar, the neuropathy can improve, she says.Jul 7, 2021
Is small fiber neuropathy serious?
Small fiber neuropathy is a condition characterized by severe pain attacks that typically begin in the feet or hands. As a person ages, the pain attacks can affect other regions.