Why do you think it is either covid or he vaccine. Did you start to experience the (nerve) pain immediately after one? I.E., usually there is some time between vaccine and covid.

Welcome, @annt100. There are several members who have experienced neuropathy pain after having contracted COVID and others who experienced it from the vaccine. Either way, at 25 years old, this must be very debilitating and frustrating.

I moved your post to this existing discussion:
- - Neuropathy post-Covid infection: Is there treatment that helps?: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/neuropathy-in-feet-post-covid/

I did this so you can read the previous posts and connect with others more easily.

@annt100 do you have any other symptoms related to post-COVID or so called longhaul COVID?

@annt100 @erice10
I got mild COVID in Jan 2022 and neuropathy in my feet and lower legs commenced shortly thereafter. Thankfully its not as major as detailed by many on this site who my heart goes out to. To manage neuropathy I have changed a number of things:
- Gave up alcohol
- Gave up caffeine (this had the most impact)
- Taking nerve friendly vitamins and supplements
- increased exercise and make sure I do a walk or exercycle daily

The above has reduced the impact of the neuropathy to about 30% of what it was.

My laymen's interpretation is for some of us COVID causes an inflammatory event (cytokine storm) and this triggers the nerve damage. For me it also caused inflammation in my AC joint - which I damaged in my 20's through sport. Now have arthritis pain in my shoulder. I have hopeful that the nerves repair but know that this may not happen. I had an EMG and only have minor damage on one leg and nerve function at the lower end of normal. But the neuropathy is certainly real!.