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COVID vaccines and neuropathy

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Hi. I have symptoms of numbness, loss of sensation, and tingling on the left side of my body since August 10th.
Two Moderna shots and a full Moderna booster and a half Moderna booster. Had Covid at the beginning of August and took Paxlovid. After the five days of Paxlovid I was taking off my face mask and my left earlobe felt "novocained" followed by numbness on my face.
It's spreading to my right arm, hand fingers.
My nerve conduction test was negative (good news right?) but OK so what is causing this tightness in my arms and heaviness in my left back thigh and buttock?
Also have had a bad side effect of Macrobid a few years ago that left toes feeling puffy and the balls of my feet.
Pulmonary sarcoidosis, MAC, might be contributing? That's why I mentioned the Macrobid also.
Another strange thing that happened right before the Paxlovid but right when I started feeling ill from Covid was that I felt a scratchy feeling inside my left inner wrist/arm where I wore my Apple Watch. Happened two days in a row and I stopped wearing it.

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All the above that you mentioned also happened to me after second vaccine. My neurologist has confirmed that the vaccine causes the nervous system to go into overdrive for some people. For me, it will be 2 years in April. Some days hardly noticeable. Other days, symptoms return. Sorry you are going through the same! Alpha lipoic acid R has helped.

I’m so sorry you are dealing with this. Please check into Small Fiber Neuropathy. I’m on year 3 of being diagnosed. Mine is idiopathic at this point but have found it caused by COVID and also the vaccine in my research. Best wishes!