I had the nerve pain, etc. when I had a DTaP shot about 2 years ago. The pain is finally going away and I have pretty much regained use of the arm. Last month, I bravely took the seasonal flu injection in the opposite arm believing that I wouldn't have any reaction since it was a totally different vaccine. Well, I'm back to having severe nerve pain in that arm now. My family MD, orthopaedist, and neurologist all concurred that the reaction to DTaP must have been from the vaccine. I've only visited my family MD so far for the flu shot reaction. He seems to think there's something similar in both vaccines. (From what I've read, I think it's the thimerosol preservative.) Now I'm wondering it it could have been placement of the shot. Anyway, I'm so sorry you're suffering. I was given nerve pain meds that seemed to help more than anything else. Take heart in that although a painfully slow process, the nerve pain did subside in about 20 months. God Bless you.
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I had the nerve pain, etc. when I had a DTaP shot about 2 years ago. The pain is finally going away and I have pretty much regained use of the arm. Last month, I bravely took the seasonal flu injection in the opposite arm believing that I wouldn't have any reaction since it was a totally different vaccine. Well, I'm back to having severe nerve pain in that arm now. My family MD, orthopaedist, and neurologist all concurred that the reaction to DTaP must have been from the vaccine. I've only visited my family MD so far for the flu shot reaction. He seems to think there's something similar in both vaccines. (From what I've read, I think it's the thimerosol preservative.) Now I'm wondering it it could have been placement of the shot. Anyway, I'm so sorry you're suffering. I was given nerve pain meds that seemed to help more than anything else. Take heart in that although a painfully slow process, the nerve pain did subside in about 20 months. God Bless you.
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