Queimação de mãos e pés, cansaço, dor nos intestinos: os sintomas da neuropatia de fibras finas.

Small fiber neuropathy is quite prevalent but under-recognized. Routine tests, including electromyography, usually do not detect it. The diagnostic test to be performed is a skin biopsy with counting of the nerve endings just below the epidermis, the superficial layer of the skin, done under a microscope. It is estimated that 40% of people with fibromyalgia (fibromyalgia syndrome) have small fiber neuropathy, which is consistent with the symptoms of the disease: fatigue, abdominal pain, numbness and burning sensations in the hands and feet, and others.