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Hello,
After I received my third vaccine I started losing the feeling in my feet and toes which has prevented me from driving at all. Prior to getting
these vaccines I had the tingling and numbness in my feet, mostly positional while sitting or laying down. I saw two neurosurgeons who both agreed that surgery is not indicated. So I did six weeks of PT which I can honestly say did very little to restore the feeling in my feet.
I have no medical conditions to support this issue so my neurologist gave me a diagnosis of idiopathic
neuropathy about 12 years ago and told me she didn’t think it would worsen.
But now after having received 4 vaccines for a virus that we still don’t understand completely, I no longer have feeling in my feet up to my ankles, while sitting or lying down. An EMG confirmed that I have axonal distal polyneuropathy.
So I ask, where did this come from?
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I believe that COvid vaccines that were rushed to the public without adequate testing could have triggered my neuropathy. I had numbness in my right foot only for a few years and now its both feet cramping so bad that I have to walk on my heels. The electric shocks only started after a traumatic accident that gave me three broken ribs. So its safe to say that my nervous system has been through a lot of trauma and there is no going back. Pregabalin only helps a little some days not at all. I am exhausted from lack of sleep I am itchy and feel like I am being pinched in the middle back mostly but sometimes every where. Its too much all the time. I just want to get some relief. Please God stop the pain.
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@jalcorn, You ask a good question but I'm not sure anyone can answer it. A lot of us that have been given an idiopathic diagnosis would love to know for sure. Here are a couple of research articles on the topic.
"What is the most common cause of axonal polyneuropathy?
Diabetes is the leading cause of polyneuropathy in the U.S. About 60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of nerve problems that can cause numb, tingling, or burning feet, one-sided bands or pain, and numbness and weakness on the trunk or pelvis."
--- Peripheral Neuropathy: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/peripheral-neuropathy
"Diabetes, HIV infection and alcoholism can cause several patterns of neuropathy. They most commonly cause a distal, symmetric axonal sensorimotor neuropathy. The second most common presentation in these conditions is a small-fiber, painful neuropathy."
--- An Algorithm for the Evaluation of Peripheral Neuropathy - AAFP:
https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/1998/0215/p755.html