How To Diagnose And Treat Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)

Patient Prognosis

The prognosis of a chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy patient is difficult to determine because it presents with a variety of different clinical evolutions and patterns. A young patient who has less pain at the onset of their chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy will have a better long term outcome than an older patient who experiences more pain. Poor functional outcome in an individual affected by chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is associated with the finding of axonal loss on a nerve biopsy. Individuals affected by the chronic progressive course of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy are known to have a worse prognosis than patients affected by the relapsing course of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy patients respond in various ways to different treatment methods. The efficacy of treatment is highly dependent upon how progressive the disorder is at the time of diagnosis.

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