What is the CIDP relapse rate per year?

    • March 9, 2017 at 6:45 pm

      If you have CIDP, how many times do most people relapse per year? Per 2 years? Per 3 years? Per 5 years? Per 10 years?

    • GH
      March 9, 2017 at 9:49 pm

      Since the condition is classified as chronic, many who have it never really get over it. I’m not sure if “relapse” is the right word. Also, there is a lot of individual variation.

      Here is a study related to that question which might interest you:

      Long term prognosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a five year follow up of 38 cases:

      https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2117396/#!po=23.6842