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Aug 4, 2022
Speak For Your Feet Contest for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), or nerve damage caused by diabetes, is one of the most known causes of neuropathy. DPN can be a common complication that affects the extremities and… -
Jul 25, 2022Small Fiber Neuropathy: Q&A
Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is a common, yet underappreciated, subclass of peripheral neuropathy. While SFN shares many features with large fiber neuropathy, it has unique aspects in its evaluation and… -
Jul 19, 2022Dana’s Story: My Personal Journey with Small Fiber Neuropathy
I’m writing this essay for a couple of reasons: as a way to bring more awareness to small fiber neuropathy (SFN) and explain its toll on me personally. The symptoms… -
Jul 13, 2022Anti-MAG Peripheral Neuropathy: Q&A
Anti-MAG peripheral neuropathy (Immunoglobulin M(IgM) Anti-Myelin Associated Glycoprotein Peripheral Neuropathy) is a rare autoimmune variety of peripheral neuropathy. In this type of PN, a person’s own immune system attacks cells… -
Jul 11, 2022Join The Speak For Your Feet Contest!
More than 37 million people in the U.S. live with diabetes today. 1 And for many of them, nerve damage caused by diabetes – a condition called diabetic peripheral neuropathy… -
Jun 17, 2022Jen and Rosy’s Story: Two Moms Unite Over Small Fiber Neuropathy
Small Fiber Neuropathy brings two women together in friendship and for a cause Rosy George and Jen Roland were strangers living hundreds of miles apart. Soon after her life-changing diagnosis,… -
May 26, 2022
CLINICAL HIGHLIGHTS: PNS Meeting 2022
The Peripheral Nerve Society Annual Meeting was held in Miami in May 2022. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy is pleased to be able to provide a summary of some of… -
May 18, 2022
The Global Burden of Polyneuropathy
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy’s (FPN) Executive Director Lindsay Colbert was in attendance for a presentation by Melissa Elafros, MD, PhD, of the University of Michigan; Michelle Kvalsund, DO, MS,…