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COVID vaccines and neuropathy

Neuropathy | Last Active: Jul 1 1:08pm | Replies (2172)

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@placitan, I had (still have after 6 months) symptoms which resembled GBS after my Pfizer vaccine. But like you, the symptoms aren’t an exact match. I had tingling and burning in both feet & at times my hands & other some areas, right leg weakness, and slight weakness in my arms. Most of my symptoms are better, but as I said, still present. I am interested in what you experienced that led them to treat you for GBS even though they apparently didn’t feel that was exactly what you had. My neuro offered steroids which I declined at the time since I don’t believe in medicating without understanding what’s actually happening. Like you I have also searched for similar reactions and haven’t found much. This forum was the first place I really started seeing connections between the vaccine and neuropathy. Most of what I’ve found here is existing neuropathy becoming worse, or flaring up, but have also found a few others with new onset similar to mine.

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I did find one report from the NIH of confirmed GBS after the Pfizer vaccine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7978140/
I believe it is still considered an extremely rare reaction - lower in incidence than after some of the flu vaccines. IVIG and/or steroids are the standard treatments. I used steroids to call the inflammatory reaction to both flu & Pfizer vaccines. These are short-term boosts for helping the body fight, not long-term prescriptions.
Sue

I have a friend who now has neuropathy from having Covid