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How Epidermal Nerve Fiber Density is used to diagnose and treat patients with small fiber peripheral neuropathy

2020-11-30T09:54:17-05:00

Diagnostic confirmation allows for the most effective treatment  BakoDx’s epidermal nerve fiber density (ENFD) analysis is an objective diagnostic tool used to monitor and manage patients with small fiber peripheral neuropathy (SFPN). The analysis not only provides definitive confirmation of SFPN, but also enables better assessment of the severity of the neuropathic process, which may have treatment implications. ENFD analysis may also reveal degenerative changes in those patients with normal densities, which may predict the future onset of SFPN. SFPN may present with varying symptoms, however, most commonly presents with burning/shooting pains, pins and needle sensation or numbness and [...]

How Epidermal Nerve Fiber Density is used to diagnose and treat patients with small fiber peripheral neuropathy2020-11-30T09:54:17-05:00

Why ENFD Analysis Provides the Best Tool to Confirm Small Fiber Peripheral Neuropathy

2023-01-04T15:07:24-05:00

One quick in-offi­ce procedure can provide a definitive diagnosis, allowing for effective treatment and symptom relief Have patients complained of burning pain, tingling, numbness, or a pins and needles feeling of the lower extremity? This could be an indication of small fiber peripheral neuropathy[1] (SFPN), a condition that can be definitively confirmed with a quick, in-office punch biopsy procedure and epidermal nerve fiber density (ENFD) analysis. “For the early detection of small fiber peripheral neuropathy, ENFD analysis is the best objective tool,” says Dr. Wayne L. Bakotic, Medical Director at BakoDx. “The ENFD diagnostic test allows for the confirmation [...]

Why ENFD Analysis Provides the Best Tool to Confirm Small Fiber Peripheral Neuropathy2023-01-04T15:07:24-05:00

Epidermal Nerve Fiber Density Testing : An Overview

2017-11-25T09:24:31-05:00

This is a technique for the evaluation of small fiber peripheral neuropathy Introduction Epidermal nerve fiber density (ENFD) testing is not a new technique; however, it is new to the diagnostic armamentarium of many in the podiatric community. This analysis is quickly becoming recognized as the gold standard among clinicians when assessing for the presence, and the degree, of small fiber peripheral neuropathy. Though podiatric clinicians have only recently discovered this test, it has been an important diagnostic procedure for neurologists for many years. In fact, ENFD analysis has been widely used by neurologists in the United [...]

Epidermal Nerve Fiber Density Testing : An Overview2017-11-25T09:24:31-05:00
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