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Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Feb 5, 2021 | Replies (28)
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My reaction or side-effect was not one that was listed so it was probably unique to me. I had Shingles in September 2020 and had a lot of right-sided flank pain. A few days after my COVID vaccination I began to have discomfort similar, but not as bad, as the Shingles pain. There were pins and needles pain and the prickly feeling, but there were no lesions or rash to indicate a recurrence of Shingles. It was all on the right side (like it was in September). My neurologist suggested that since the virus that causes Shingles stays dormant in your body, the vaccination probably triggered the pain. The pain only lasted a few days and I took a Gabapentin one day which helped.
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@hopeful33250, Teresa, Thanks for sharing your "Shingles like" side effect following your Covid vaccine. Glad your neurologist offered an explanation that makes sense and even happier that your symptoms didn't linger longer or grow worse.
A good friend also got the Moderna vacc and sent me a photo of what is now being reported as "Covid Arm". Her pic looked almost identical to a photo in a news article describing it. A round, red slightly bumpy patch, circling around the injection site and hers also had a small knot. A call to her doc reassured her that while it doesn't occur often, it just meant that the vaccine was working and that it revealed she had a strong immune system. Hers lasted a couple of days and the discomfort was mild.