
Suggest Treatment For Peripheral Neuropathy With Severe Spinal Stenosis

Hormone tests
Detailed Answer:
Sorry to learn about your dad's bothersome symptoms.
His vitamin D and thyroid status must be checked because abnormal blood levels of these can lead to symptoms similar to the ones he is reporting.
Moreover, his diabetes needs to be controlled well because the nerve damage form diabetes also affects mobility. In advanced stages of diabetic 'neuropathy' there is no cure and it can be irreversible too.
When I see someone like you in my practice, I typically order the following blood tests in addition to a detailed physical examination:
CBC (Complete Blood Count, also known as Hemogram; includes Hemoglobin, WBC and Platelet counts)
Electrolytes (Sodium and Potassium in particular)
HbA1c (Glycosylated Hemoglobin = your last 3 months' glucose average). Also known by other names such as GlycoHemoglobin or Glycated Hemoglobin or A1c
Liver function tests (SGOT , SGPT, Albumin, Bilirubin, Alkaline Phosphatase)
Kidney function tests (BUN, Creatinine)
TSH (checks your thyroid)
12 hour Fasting Lipid profile
Urine albumin to Creatinine Ratio (early sign of diabetes affecting the kidney)
25 hydroxy Vitamin D levels (ideal range 40 to 60 ng/ml = 100 to 150 nmol/liter)


Follow up
Detailed Answer:
It is impossible on an online forum to comment on whether a person can ever walk again or if he has neuropathy. These things require the opportunity for a physical examination in-person.
However I can guide you that he needs to be thoroughly checked by the following specialist doctors:
1 Endocrinologist
2 Neurologist
3 Physio/ Occupational therapist
4 Orthopedic surgeon
He needs all the help he can get to arrive at the right diagnosis before any diagnosis can be made with reasonable certainty.


Second follow up
Detailed Answer:
Yes it can. A spine surgeon and neurologist will need to liaise and make a final decision after comprehensive analysis as to the final diagnosis. The outlook can be pronounced after this


Third follow up
Detailed Answer:
If all 3 experts have concluded this, it is very likely they are correct. I suggest you take another opinion from a spine surgeon

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