7 side effects of Covid vaccine you need to know before taking it
"They will know that they had a vaccine. They probably do not feel wonderful. "
The "light at the end of the tunnel" is here-a coronavirus vaccine. There are opportunities, the first shots will be administered next week. Requiring two doses, it does not protect all the Americans if a sufficient number of Americans get, so public health experts could not be clearer: get yours. However, there are possible side effects all Americans should know, so that they do not panic between doses. "We really need to make patients aware that it's not going to be a walk in the park," Dr. Sandra FryhoferAmerican Medical Association said at a virtual meeting with theAdvisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Who advises the CDC. "They will know that they had a vaccine. They probably do not feel wonderful. But they have to come back for this second dose. »Continue reading to learn more about the possible side effects and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Without signs that you have already had coronavirus.
You can get a fever, light or otherwise
A nurse researcher, Kristen Choi, Ph.D., Rn, wants to raise public awareness of the "worst scenario" side effects of the two-part vaccine. After his second dose, she writes in aPerspective article publishedMonday toJAMA internal medicine"When I woke up at 5:30 am, I felt burning I took my temperature and watched reading: ... 104.9 ° F (40.5 ° C) It was the highest fever, I can not Never remember having, and he scared me. I took acetaminophen and drunk a glass of water. When the research desk open at 9 o'clock, I called to report my reaction to the injection. Fortunately, my fever had come down to 102.0 ° F (38.9 ° C) by then. "Dr. Anthony Fauci, First specialist in infectious diseases, said you could expect from the "fever" nation.
You could feel pain in the Lasting arm
If you have already had an influenza vaccine, you sometimes know, it can lead to a dull or Achy pain in your arm. "My arm quickly became painful at the injection site, much more than the first time," wrote Choi. Expect a possible "immediate pain in the arm," says Fauci. You could expect too "a local swelling, irritation," the former head of the FDA Dr.Margaret Hamburgtold CNBCSafeThursday.
You can suffer from a headache
Fauci has frequently fever and pain in the arm than the probable side effects. But there are others. Choi says "By the end of the day, I have ... had a divided headache." Some of the reported side effects include "some pain ... sometimes headaches," says Hamburg.
You might feel chills
Choi said he felt "refrigerated". "In a percentage of patients, they had low-grade shivers and fever," Hamburg said.
You can feel a little nauseous
Choi felt "nauseous". This can be a common side effect of influenza shot too, but is generally characterized as light.
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You could feel fatigue
You might feel a "sense of fatigue," says Hamburg. This can mean that the vaccine does its job. "Covid-19 vaccines are more reagogogenic than the influenza vaccine," said Arnold Monto, epidemiologist at the University of Michigan who runs the group of experts who will advise the FDA on Covid-19 vaccine authorization, "According toThe Wall Street newspaper-Reacogenic meaning that something causes an immunological reaction. "But the reactogenicity is perfectly normal," he added and should not be caught by surprise or dissuaded to get the vaccines, who are in two apart apart apart from three or four weeks apart. "
A serious allergic reaction is possible, we know now
Two health workers in the United Kingdomsuffered an anaphylactoid reactionShortly after receiving the vaccine Tuesday. He led the sanitary authorities of the United Kingdom to warn that anyone with a "important story of allergic reactions" shouldnotReceive the Pfizer / Biontech vaccine. "Well, it's obviously some anxiety because there are people who are called allergic diat or a tendency to get allergic reactions. I believe that these two people actually had this trend, "Dr. Fauci explained, calling the effect side" an unusual and rare effect. However, now that we know, "We will examine this and in particular the care of the people who are underlined, allergic phenomenon. Will they not only be more careful about vaccinating, but also keep "a kind of antidote to allergic reaction" at hand to respond.
Side effects can sometimes indicate something good happening
Hamburg said Thursday that "the data tell us that this vaccination causes a certain reaction at the time of the administration which is quite common, but notable if you receive the vaccine ... you will know when you get the vaccine, but also tells you that it works and your body meets. "
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The vaccine is considered safe-despite these side effects. And you can feel good.
"If you do not want absolutely no adverse effects, no vaccine is" safe "and no drug is" safe ". Every medicine has adverse effects" Prof Stephen Evans, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, told theBBC, which explains that "in medicine, there is an important difference between" safe "and" safe "and between" risk "and something to be" risky "." What I mean by security is That the balance of adverse effects in relation to the advantage is very clearly favorable to the advantage. "The benefit being, you will protect your life and the life of so many others.
How to survive the pandemic until there is a vaccine at your disposal
As for yourself, follow the fundamental principles of Dr. Faisci and help put an end to this thrust, no matter where you live:facial mask, the social distance, avoid big crowds, do not go inside with people that you do not go with (especially in the bars), practice good hand hygiene and protect your life and the lives of others , and do not visit these 35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.