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Hello i am prediabetic and i'm experiencing poly neuropathy. my a1 c is 5.9. doctors can't determine why l am experiencing polyneuropathy.
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Polyneuropathy: hello ~ there are many things that cause polyneuropthy like heavy metals, lead, mercury and many diseases that cause it that I cannot cover here. Important to know that in diabetes polyneuropathy caused as related to elevated A1c but also an auto-immune component so that having pre-diabetes does not preclude that as cause. Please see a Neurologist thanks http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9367975
Answered 1/3/2016
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