Picture this: You go to your local health provider and receive a seasonal flu shot. Every year before, you’ve anticipated feeling a little sore in your upper arm. But this time, you experience severe shoulder pain following the flu vaccine. As the days go by, no matter how much ice or Advil you take,…

When you go into the doctor’s office for the annual flu shot, you expect to leave protected from the disease, not with life-changing complications. One rare but possible side effect is brachial neuritis, also known as Parsonage-Turner syndrome, a form of neuropathy that affects the shoulders and arms.  If you were diagnosed with brachial neuritis…