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COVID vaccines and neuropathy

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@sueinmn

As a person who mounted a strong autoimmune response (whole body inflammatory reaction) after the vaccine, and as a Mentor for the Covid discussions on Mayo Connect, I follow all of the vaccine reaction reports closely.
You are correct that there are more people reporting neueropathy after the vaccine, but as of today, VAERS, with 413,000 events reported out of 333,000,000 injections given, reports 1147 instances of neuropathy (all types.) that is .34 for every 100,000 doses. While it is not a little thing if it is you suffering, it is still an extremely rare occurence.

Please also remember that there are many cases of post-Covid neuropathy, some occurring several months after the virus. So it is possible that cases which are being blamed on the vaccine could have happened because someone had the virus previously.

Finally, even if neuropathy and other vaccine effects are FAR underreported, they number and severity does not begin to compare to the number and severity of adverse reactions, including hospitalization, ICU and death, that come from the virus itself. Please read the analysis in this recent post: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-19-vaccination/?pg=1#comment-615736

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Please do not misinterpret my post. I am very PRO vaccine and would never try and talk anyone out of getting it. I didn’t get terribly sick from Covid, but enough to know I don’t want it again. I just think physicians , and I am married to one, should be reporting the adverse effects to vaccine, that is how we stay educated and informed. I just want to be taken seriously. I joined this site so I could find others to relate to and get insight on how to deal with my own situation, not to badmouth the vaccine. I would do it again if needed.