CIDP can affect any age group, and the onset may begin anytime throughout life. The course of CIDP may also vary. Some patients may follow a slow steady pattern of symptoms, while other patients have symptoms that flare and remit. The most severe symptoms usually occur after many months of symptoms that come and go. Unlike similar demyelinating diseases there is typically no preceding viral infection at least three to four months prior to the onset of the disorder, such as is the case in Guillain-Barr syndrome .
Conventional treatment involves the use of Prednisone and other corticosteroids.
Often patients are unable to tolerate the toxic side effects of these drugs. Also enzyme potentiated desensitization holds hope for putting the disease in long term remission. As with all autoimmune disorders, detoxification and dietary changes are usually helpful. For best results this should be done under the supervision of a doctor experienced in nutritional medicine . The approach used in homeopathy is to attempt to restore the balance of the system using dilute solutions of natural substances specific to the disorder.