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Neuropathy post-Covid infection: Is there treatment that helps?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: May 8 3:36pm | Replies (109)Comment receiving replies
@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!.
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Thank you for your helpful post. I had Covid in 2021 and was very sick. One of the symptoms was severe pain in my legs. Since then I have developed tingling in my hands and feet which really only bothers me at night when I try to sleep. I have not had any vaccines, am 71 years old, and have been on a low carb, gluten free diet for almost 3 years and weigh 120 lb. I have never smoked or drank alcohol. I do drink coffee but am going to cut back on or eliminate it that to see if it helps the nightly pain and tingling in my legs and feet. I exercise daily and get at least 10,000 steps. I don’t want to take any prescriptions if possible because of all the side effects. I do take magnesium, vitamin B12, zinc, vitamin C and vitamin D. I just started using compression socks at night with some relief.
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What nerve friendly vitamins/supplements are you taking?