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Hello, I have had foot pain since I was very young. It has gotten worse after I received two doses of covid 19 vaccine over two and a half years ago and this was when my SFN was diagnosed. I'm 46 years old. My neurologist believes I have had SFN all along and it has gotten worse by the vaccine. Before I could tolerate foot pain that comes and goes but now my SFN is causing me not able to do much as I am in pain most days and all over my body. I also have bloat, dry eyes, frequent fatigue, and frequent urination. I am sensitive to many drugs, but I can tolerate low dose naltrexone, which I find helpful so I will stick to this as long as I can. My life has changed significantly. Many people including some doctors said I am so young and shouldn't be in pain, but I am in pain. It appears that many people don't really understand this invisible sickness. I hope it gets better for us.
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I'm very sorry that you are in this situation. My son also has it, was diagnosed with SFN about 16 months ago at age 37. He has young son and is very athletic so this has been extremely hard on his young family.
He has tried various diets and has found the less sugar he has (including any alcohol) the better. He even did the carnivore diet (meat only) and found that helpful, but hard to sustain.
He will not take pills (for pain or anti-anxiety) prescribed from Doctors as he feels this contributed, if not caused his SFN. With each visit to a doctor they only wanted to prescribe pills not help us find why this happened. They of course said it was idiopathic SFN as he is in very good physical shape and not diabetic.
It's very frustrating that there are not research funds or trials to find out the "why" when an idiopathic diagnosis is given. So we are all on our own to try to find common links and useful information on relief.
I can tell you he would not take the vaccine, but did have Covid twice during the surge. He did not have a bad experience, more like the common flu virus each time.
We do see a correlation to stress/anxiety which will increase symptoms. He has balance issues and hot/cold/wet skin, feet pain and numbness.
We wish you all the best and his neurologist says she has seen it regress completely, so we are hoping for turn.
Best of luck to you!