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Ideas for pain relief from Small Fiber Neuropathy (SFN)

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@pacer3702

My neurological symptoms began within 2 weeks of the first Pfizer vaccine. However, my first EMG at 4 months was "essentially normal". My next EMG at 7 months showed sensory and motor nerve damage, as did two subsequent EMGs. My ANA titer was slightly elevated at 7 months and then increased 4-fold over the next 6 weeks. Thus I appear to have autoimmune-mediated nerve damage triggered by the vaccine. My neurologist agrees. Autoimmune reactions take time to fully develop. Most of the vaccine-injured patients begin to improve around 8 months. I'm substantially better now at 19 months. Most vaccine-injured seem to have small-fiber neuropathy that can't be detected by EMG. I benefited considerably by joining the Neuro V Long-Haulers Facebook group as a source of information. I don't know how I could have navigated this illness without that group.

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@pacer3702

Thank you for your response.
Is there anything you feel has helped you improve, or just simply time?

I started to feel better myself about month 9, and I’ve had a setback/“flare up” a few months ago.

The VERY bad neuropathy is back in my legs again to the point when I walk, it’s obvious to others, due to my legs visibly shaking.

I’ve had a lot of more symptoms worsen as well, but the neuropathy is sure hard to deal with!

Hoping you and all of us get better and one day this will just be a terrible memory!