Carol in PA
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Intravenous immunoglobulin treatments, or IVIG, may be used to treat fibromyalgia.
New research sheds light on mysterious fibromyalgia pain Karen Weintraub, Special for USA TODAY December 15, 2013
Story Highlights For decades, doctors told patients their pain was the result of emotional hysteria.
More than half of fibromyalgia cases are really a little-known small-fiber neuropathy. Most fibromyalgia patients have been treated with anti-depressants.
Rumigirl
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In order to qualify, a neurologist would have to prove small-fiber neuropathy with a punch skin biopsy---or and EMG. Many people with Lyme do have it. But you won't get it simply for the diagnosis of fibro. IVIG is massively expensive through insurance.
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Carol in PA
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I know of at least three people from LymeNet who have gotten IVIG treatments with good results.
They have Lyme, and I believe that two of them were officially diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy.
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