Aching legs, burning, feet and pins and needles..

MOnica There is a suspicion that Covid is triggering diabetes in some people:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9033286/

There is ongoing research to discover if it's true and why it should be happening.

As you probably know, diabetes isn't just about having too much sugar in your blood. It affects your blood vessels, which can cause heart problems, causes fatigue and also affects nerves, which can cause neuropathy.

I hope your GP has given you some kind of plan.

When I went to see my doctor recently she said "we are seeing a lot of people with raised cholesterol levels since Covid (more than would be expected) and we don't know why"

It could of course be due to many factors, more people working from home and less active, snacking more or could this also be a legacy of covid?

Obviously the ongoing research will reveal more eventually but I do not think we should underestimate the longer term damage Covid might have done to our bodies.

My legs ache and I take paracetamol to get to sleep and sometimes during the day. I reckoned I had classic 'rheumatism' due to sitting too long with cold legs and feet, so I have begun to wear long johns under my trousers to good effect.

When I went to see my doctor recently she said "we are seeing a lot of people with raised cholesterol levels since Covid (more than would be expected) and we don't know why"
That's interesting. My cholesterol level was always a very respectable 3.6, yet after covid last winter is now 5.2.

MadeInYorkshire

Shinamae

harrigran

These are the symptoms I had while on chemotherapy, took a long time before my feet were comfortable.
DS has long covid and suffers from pins and needles and shooting pains in legs, he was hospitalised with cardiac symptoms too.

I really don’t know how to identify long Covid, but I had Covid twice with no symptoms I would not of known I had it had I not tested so now I’m wondering if it is long Covid or would that just be something the doctor could fob me off with?I mean it’s quite easy isn’t it to say well that’s long Covid that’s an end of it, but I will see on the first when I have my appointment 😬

Exactly, don't let them fob you off with that, but please do mention the Small Fibre Neuropathy, as they likely wouldn't have tested that whilst doing your nerve conduction tests ....

Thank you, I will definitely small fibre neuropathy neuropathy..

Ok I know I will get shot down in flames! But so many people with the same / similar symptoms..have you thought it may be connected to the Vaccine rather than Covid itself ?

Ginnytonic5

Ok I know I will get shot down in flames! But so many people with the same / similar symptoms..have you thought it may be connected to the Vaccine rather than Covid itself ?

Why would you think that? Is there any evidence?

The symptoms might not even be connected with Covid at all.

I've had aches and pains, particularly painful legs, since I had an unspecified virus and was very ill in December and January 2019.
Of course, no-one knew about Covid then although there had been rumours of a nasty virus going around, including in Wuhan.

I've had Covid since with symptoms of terrible aches and pains and my thoughts are that it attacks your most vulnerable areas.

The connection with diabetes was suspected right at the start of the pandemic, before vaccines had even been developed.

Callistemon21

I've had aches and pains, particularly painful legs, since I had an unspecified virus and was very ill in December and January 2019.
Of course, no-one knew about Covid then although there had been rumours of a nasty virus going around, including in Wuhan.

I've had Covid since with symptoms of terrible aches and pains and my thoughts are that it attacks your most vulnerable areas.

It attacks all parts of the body. It's known that Coronavirus enters the body by linking on to ACE-2 receptors, which are present throughout the body, so it makes sense that almost anywhere can be affected.

Ginnytonic5, yes, possibly. It seems likely that there's side effects (even long term damage) for some - but I'm just so glad the vaccines were available. What would the death toll be without them? It was horrendous and could have been far worse.

This is cheering me up no end ☹