Instituut voor Neuropathische Pijn

A nearly 80 year old lady suffering from CIAP pain, pain due to a polyneuropathy, as well as after a stroke. Due to the combination of these two diseases, her pain was difficult to treat. The first line analgesics gave too much side effects on the cognitive level. We treated with Normast and the patient could take up her life again. Normast is in Holland available asa foodsupplement with analgesic properties and many patients find great relief if treated with this body-own compound.

CIAP is also referred to as Idiopathic sensory-motor polyneuropathy, and it is an illness where sensory and motor nerves of the peripheral nervous system are affected and no obvious underlying etiology is found. In many respects, the symptoms are very similar to diabetic polyneuropathy. In idiopathic sensory-motor polyneuropathy, the patients may experience unusual sensations (paresthesias), numbness and pain in their hands and feet. In addition, there may be weakness of the muscles in the feet and hands. In this patient pain was the most troublesome symptom.

May 2011, Jan M. Keppel Hesselink, MD, PhD