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Anyone had a problem with neuropathy after receiving the vaccine?
I am 85 with small fiber neuropathy that is getting worse. My neurologist thought it would be a good idea for me to wait with the covid vaccine and not be first in line to see how it affected other people with neuropathy. Probably because it is a new technology. Has anyone had a problem with neuropathy after receiving the vaccine? If so, which vaccine?
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There has been a covid vaccine discussion group since 2021. It has a lot of helpful information on it. Maybe these comments should be transferred to that discussion group.
I had my sixth Covid vaccine last week. Five were Pfizer and the last one was Moderna. None of them made any difference to my peripheral neuropathy.
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1 ReactionConnect, could you connect me with the COVID vaccine discussion group please? Always appreciate you guys
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I have peripheral neuropathy from chemo and can't drive. I've had all the covid vaccines and booster. I had the most recent one in September along with the RVS vaccine. I had no trouble a all.
I read that getting a shot for shingles can aggrivate neuropahy so I skipped that one.
I had the Covid vaccinations right after Covid hit. I had my second one at the very end of January of 2021. In March I decided to retire. Two days after I did I woke up with full onset of pinpricks (head to toe and eyes.) The neurologist said it was rare and he had not had any other patients that happened too. It was within the 6 week time frame to have a reaction. But I don't know. No one else in my family has had anything like this. I had my last Covid shot 9/20/23. I will continue to get the shots because I really don't want anything else. Having the last 4 have not caused me any issues.
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1 ReactionAbsolutely. I was diagnosed with vaccine induced neuropathy after my first Moderna booster shot. I was not the only patient with the same condition seen by my neurologist.
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2 ReactionsThank you, Bcool123
Thank you, Bcool123
You’re welcome.
Thinking back my PN started at about the time of my last Pfizer booster. I have not had any medical person tell me that the Vax caused it, I am just convinced that it did. Now there is more being written or blogged on the subject.
When my PN began I was assuming that it was an inner ear issue as I noticed it first in a slight balance issue.
I feel fortunate that I have been diagnosed as having only mild PN after an EMG was done. So far the PN has been confined to the ankle area with a tightness, however, I have had a couple of issues of shooting pain up the lower leg.
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