Vaccine trial patient files first US lawsuit against AstraZeneca

However, she said that after she felt a severe tingling sensation all over her body shortly after receiving the vaccine in November 2020, AstraZeneca failed to cover the cost of her medical care.

Ms Dressen told the Telegraph she had been unable to work after being diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy – a condition which causes numbness and pain due to damaged nerves. His condition was classified as “post-vaccination neuropathy” due to its link to the vaccine.

“This case caused me to lose my job – I am still permanently disabled,” she said. “I still have this horrible nightmare of tingling sensations running through my body, from head to toe, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”

After being hospitalized multiple times following her vaccination, she said her medical bills ran into the thousands of dollars and she declined a small settlement that would have limited her liability if sued.

Her complaint, filed in a Utah court, said Ms. Dressen had become “a shadow of her former self: unable to work, unable to play sports, incapable of being a parent like she was.” ‘had done and unable to drive more than a few hours’. blocks at a time.”

There is a documented link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and neurological conditions such as peripheral neuropathy in some rare cases of patients who received the vaccine.

A study published last year in the journal Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports found a “greater than expected occurrence of serious neurological adverse events…following different types of Covid-19 vaccination”, but concluded that the evidence were not strong enough to recommend withdrawal of the vaccine. .