12/16/2023 0 Comments Pins and needles all over body covidOver the next several weeks my symptoms ranged from the partial numb feeling literally everywhere on my body to tingling, to dizziness, to extreme fatigue, to feeling "brain fog", to not processing temperature well. At this point, I was having partial numbness, tingling throughout my entire body (not all at the same time but was scary). I got an MRI (sister is in medical field so got me in that next week) and my brain MRI was normal. WEnt to urgent care, explained my symptoms, they said to go to neurology. IMmediately googled it and thought I was having a stroke. I had COVID on December 31, 2020, then got my two Pfizer shots beginning of May and beginning of June. I woke up on July 3 in the middle of the night with tingling in my arms and legs. I don't know what my symptoms are attributed to but figured I would update this group to offer a little light at the end of the tunnel. I have been following this thread for several weeks now. If anyone is interested, I'll post again after I've seen the neurologist on the 31st. I should never have had it and I regret it with every fibre of my being. I popped a Trepiline pill every night and had no issues until I had that damn Pfizer shot. Mine never recovered but was managed by medication. Your peripheral nervous system has been damaged. The tingling/itching/burning sensation you feel is actually nerve pain (or a neuropathy). I have an appointment with the neurologist on the 31st of August. There is no way I'm getting that second Pfizer shot. I am absolutely devastated and so damn angry at myself. 18 August 2021 I stated tingling again and it hasn't stopped for 2 weeks. I eventually emailed my neurologist who advised he thought the Pfizer shot would be okay because it's a different vaccine to the polio one I had all those years ago. But I didn't want to be in the position where I couldn't travel because I wasn't vaccinated. Sometimes (even though I'm on the medication) it will flare up if I'm stressed or have I have the flu or am very cold. If I stop the medication, I can feel the pins and needles. By this stage I had developed a health anxiety, thought I had MS or ALS, couldn't concentrate at work, or enjoy life - it was debilitating. Basically, a severe allergic reaction to the polio vaccine. This third neurologist (the one who helped me) said that he thought the polio vaccine had damaged my peripheral nervous system (which would never recover by the way). A different neurologist had the gall to tell me it was all in my head because all the tests came back fine. By this stage I had had numerous blood tests, epilepsy tests, MRI's, spinal tap - you name it. This lasted almost two years (tingled every day) before I was diagnosed by an excellent neurologist. Pins and needles sensation all over my body. That same day (12 hours later) I started tingling all over. 15 years ago I had a booster polio vaccine because I was going to Namibia for work and there was a polio outbreak there (I live in South Africa).
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