Do it immediately after getting your vaccine, say doctors

If you do this after your vaccination, you can help relieve this key side effect.


That you have already been vaccinated or you find yourself for your shot, you now know that there is oneside effect You are almost guaranteed to experiment: pain at the injection site. It's something82% of the beneficiaries of Modernaabout 64% ofPfizer recipientsand 48% of those who havegot Johnson vaccine and Johnson Any experience. But while this side effect is expected, it does not make it less painful or unbrove. So, is there a way to help you relieve this side effect? Well, according to doctors, doing one thing especially after your vaccination can actually help. Read to find out what you should do after getting the Covid vaccine and for more information on vaccine reactions, discover it.The side effect of common vaccine that no one speaks, say experts.

You should swing your arm in a circle after getting your vaccine.

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There's a newTrend go viral on tiktok where people are spinning themselvesswing their arms in a circle, Windmill style, after receiving their shot, in hope, this will prevent or limit the pain of armaments after the vaccine. But it works?Peter Chin-Hong, MD, a specialist in infectious diseases and teacher of medicine, told theSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE that it's actuallylikely to mitigate the pain in the arm.

"Basically, what they do ... increases the blood supply to the vaccinated arm," he explained. According to Chin-Hong, your arm becomes painful because the vaccine is injected into the muscle of your arm and not the blood, resulting in your immune system to target inflammation in the muscle zone. But moving your arm into a circle can help increase the blood flow of your arm, which will diffuse the vaccine away from your muscle and leave the immune system start targeting other parts of your body. And for more than doing after vaccination,Make sure you do this in the day after your Covid vaccine, let's say.

It is more effective if you swing your arm immediately after your vaccination.

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There is no guarantee that you will stop all the pains of the arm to occur by swinging your arm. But doing so consistently and immediately after your vaccination is likely to reduce certain pains, according to Chin-Hong.

He told theSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE This moves your arm as soon as you are released from your vaccine waiting period is important to help disperse the vaccine earlier, which is more likely to reduce the pain than waiting for arm exercises when you come home when you go back home.

Allison Agwu, MD, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins Medicine, also saidToday that when you get the shot Covid or any other vaccine, you should always "Try moving your arm"As much as possible." Staying will continue to increase muscle pain, "she says, noting that restricting your movement makes that the vaccine remains concentrated in a longer place, which can lead to discomfort.

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Simply massage your arm is not likely to produce the same effect.

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You may think that massaging your arm will produce similar results without the need for exercise, but not quite. Chin-Hong said that the massage of your arm is not likely to give the same effect as to swing it in a circle. "If you are massing the area, it's probably not going to be as good as moving your arm as a windmill because it's just about doing vaccine just stay in the muscle zone so as not to increase supply In blood, "he explained.

That's why the CDCrecommends exercising your arm To reduce pain and discomfort after shooting or applying clean, fresh and wet toilet glove on the area, that Chin-Hong said can also help.

And for more about what you should not do after the vaccine,Do not do that for 2 days after your Covid vaccine, doctors say.

If the side effect worsens after a few days, contact your doctor.

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The pain or sensitivity of the arm is one of the most common side effects that may occur after your COVID vaccination, according to the CDC. But it should disappear in a few days. If the redness or tenderness where you have your fire worse after 24 hours, the CDC recommends that you contact your doctor or health care provider. And if your side effects are "you worry or do not seem to leave after a few days," you should also reach out for the CDC.

And for more on what they advise, discover whyThe CDC says not to take this after your vaccine without OK from your doctor.

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