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Numbness in feet...Ribavirin side effect
About 2-3 months into treatment I noticed some numbness and tingling in the feet. I'm now 3 months post-tx (non-responder), and the side is still with me (along with a few others). Anybody else experience this? Is there anything to be done for this, or do you just wait it out, as you wait for fatigue to fade, and hair to re-grow?
Thanks for the feedback everyone. It's somewhat encouraging as I was only 3 weeks post-tx when I posted this, not 3 months. Still pretty spaced out.
I've had numbness and tingling in my arms and legs on and off since starting tx. In my case, I think it is due to my lack of activity. I generally get a massage, resolve to pick up my evening walks a bit and generally that works.
The newest thing is a pretty severe pain in my hip that radiates down the front of my leg into my foot. Can't tell yet if it is neural or muscular...just part of the adventure.
Hope you get relief as time passes.
The newest thing is a pretty severe pain in my hip that radiates down the front of my leg into my foot. Can't tell yet if it is neural or muscular...just part of the adventure.
Hope you get relief as time passes.
I have had some neuropathy in my heels ever since I took a chemo drug several years ago. While on tx for hep C the tingling got a bit more noticable, but after EOT it gradually subsided to its pre-tx level.
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Every once in a while, someone posts on the board with a similar neurological complaint. I've had some myself and what I've learned is that it is very hard to nail down the cause. The treatment itself should not cause such neurological problems, but if it does, I think they actually might be more severe.
What I've learned is that so long as the symptoms are not getting any worse, there is little to worry about. These sorts of peripheral neuropathies can have a fairly dramatic start and then just hang around. The damage is done at the start. What you are experiencing are the aftermaths of the damage.
As to whether it will go away, nobody can tell you for sure. The nerves are the slowest to regenerate cells in the body. Sometimes they do regenerate, sometimes they don't. Some people simply need to learn to live with this sort of issue. Others have reported that their tingling did resolve itself Exercise does seem to help. At least it makes you feel better.
By all means if the symptoms seem to be getting worse, get this checked out by a doctor.
Good luck!
What I've learned is that so long as the symptoms are not getting any worse, there is little to worry about. These sorts of peripheral neuropathies can have a fairly dramatic start and then just hang around. The damage is done at the start. What you are experiencing are the aftermaths of the damage.
As to whether it will go away, nobody can tell you for sure. The nerves are the slowest to regenerate cells in the body. Sometimes they do regenerate, sometimes they don't. Some people simply need to learn to live with this sort of issue. Others have reported that their tingling did resolve itself Exercise does seem to help. At least it makes you feel better.
By all means if the symptoms seem to be getting worse, get this checked out by a doctor.
Good luck!
Actually, "Ribavirin side effect?" was supposed to be a question, not a statement...
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