Sensitive skin can be small fibre neuropathy: results from a case-control quantitative sensory testing study.
Flavien HuetA DionA BatardièreA S NedelecF Le CaërP BourgeoisEmilie BrenautLaurent MiséryPublished in: The British journal of dermatology (2018)
The decrease in HPT in patients with SSS compared with controls suggests the presence of hyperalgesia, probably due to the damage of C-fibres. These findings, as well as the increased DN4 and NPSI scores, strengthen the neuronal hypothesis of SSS and are new arguments for consideration of SSS as small fibre neuropathy.