by Katrina Carr | Jan 14, 2020 | Journeys
Zachary Koontz was diagnosed with CIDP as a senior in college at age 22 after nearly 7 years of visiting different types of health care providers, including podiatrists, chiropractors, physical therapists, and back specialists, for symptoms of leg cramps, stumbling,...
by Katrina Carr | Nov 21, 2019 | Treatment
Assessing grip strength may be a viable way to optimize intravenous immune globulin (IVIg) treatments in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), suggests results from the small, prospective, observational GRIPPER study presented at the...
by Katrina Carr | Nov 1, 2019 | Diagnosis & Therapy
When a patient presents with polyneuropathy and progressive or relapsing symptoms such as tingling, proximal weakness, and absent reflexes, the clinician should consider a diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), according to the National...
by Katrina Carr | Nov 1, 2019 | Research
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is such a remarkably heterogeneous disorder – one with diverse presentations, a highly variable disease course, and differing, often unpredictable treatment responses – that neurologist-researchers around the...
by Katrina Carr | Oct 28, 2019 | Treatment
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) can be a difficult condition for neurologists to navigate, and yet most clinicians may be failing to follow current standards for diagnosis and treatment, based on a nationwide survey. The survey, recently...
