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AstraZeneca - Very painful legs

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Dottyyy1 · 08/04/2021 22:17

I had the AZ vaccine 9 days ago and I am now experiencing very sore, painful lower legs. I wondered if anyone else had experienced this side effect or should I be worried about a blood clot?
My symptoms immediately following the vaccine were very mild so I am surprised about this leg pain for more than 24 hours. They don’t appear swollen, just very painful as if I have done a lot of exercise...but I definitely have not! Very concerned.

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foxandbee · 27/07/2021 22:34

@Totallydefeated

That was to foxandbee

We don’t know the poster is new, given the penchant for frequent name hanging on MN

Totally Jelly's first and now deleted post resurrected a several months old zombie thread and said something along the lines that doctors had found that the vaccine can cause micro-clots which couldn't be seen in a scan(?). This is untrue and the doctor concerned is an anti-vaxxer who I think has now lost his job. So yes I have doubts about the rest of the post. But of course I could be very wrong.
penni00 · 27/07/2021 23:27

@VacconeAnxiety.

I had them daily for the first 11 weeks after AZ, then week 12 and 13 were fine, week 14 onwards headaches back again occasionally and milder but photophobia gone, but my head still can't cope with noise, phonphobia - the neurologist called it. Also have numbness, tingling, internal vibrations nearly everywhere and slightly wobbly legs still! But I am much better than the first 11 weeks. The photophobia was terrible, there was a period when I couldn't even look at the TV,

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