My mother (59F) doesn’t drink or smoke or eat unhealthy and we are pro-vax, but following the administration of the 2nd Pfizer COVID Vaccination Mom started showing unusual symptoms.
Mom became tired and forgetful after getting the vaccine and it was very obvious she was struggling to get back to normal because she would sleep in the middle of the day when normally she is always the most peppy person in the group waking up super early in the morning.
Mom’s arms and legs are now covered in red crusty itchy blotches running up and down the lengths of her extremities and also appearing on her back. Her hands are extremely dry and crusty and I’m worried if this could somehow be affecting Mom’s ability to retain memories because she is extremely forgetful about basic things from childhood or when we get together presently.
Does anyone have experience with treating a patient with something like this? Please DM ME if so. I just want my mom to get better, we have been to dozens of doctors and specialists and we still have no idea what is going on.
Her hands are super greasy from the Vaseline and creams she uses to keep the skin moist so it doesn’t dry out. Her feet look even way worse and she has the red blotches seen on the back of her hand all along the middle of her back.
The following pics are the only abnormal findings seen in her complete bloodwork panel.
Above and below are the only abnormal medical findings they see in her blood work.
The doctors have no idea what is going on and we have gone from specialist to specialist with no definitive answer and have gotten just a bunch of creams that don’t really help heal the cuts on her hands and feet, they just make it more comfortable to live with it.
I don’t know what else to do when the dermatologist, urologist, and internal medicine specialist all say they aren’t sure what’s going on. Any advice would help if any of y’all know some doctors who have seen cases like this before.
I’m just extremely worried. My mom is 5’5” and has always weighed about 135 her whole life, and now she’s down to 115 looking like a twig and nobody can figure out what is going on. They did an abdominal CT scan and saw a tiny cyst on her kidney but they said it wasn’t big enough to explain the rapid continual weight loss nor the extremely crusty and painful dry skin on her hands and feet.
Please help me with this. I feel terrible not knowing what exactly is making her sick and not being able to take care of my mother the way she used to care for me when I was a sick child. I truly feel like I am running out of time to find an answer to all of this.
Thanks