Severe Reaction To Covid Vaccine

[naomi24]

If someone has a severe reaction to the first should they still have the second?

[emmie]

i put the case on ab, and sqad said that it was likely to be a reaction to the vaccination. I hope it doesn't happen again. but at least if it does then i know it will pass.

[Stickybottle]

alavahalf
Last Friday evening I took my daughter to have her injection. As she went into the centre a guy in his fifties came out. Sat in my car I thought to myself.. 'He looks a bit wobbly'.

Probably got a bit het up about the needle as some do I guess

[bednobs]

if the person takes prophylactic paracetamol, those symptoms might not re-appear. they are symptoms of a high temp, which is a very common reaction

[bobbinwales]

No problems here. Had it last week. Felt okay first night. Next day a felt a bit tired and tender and went to bed at 8 at night which is v.early for me. Got up next morning and felt fine, been fine since.
The whole thing was very well organised, credit to all involved, but what surprised me was how many people getting jabs were clearly lot's younger than me, some in there 30s- assume there health workers or have conditions. It seemed to me when your booking on line evn if your too young all that all you need to do is say you have conditions that entitle you to it.

[anneasquith]

I tried to pre prevent side effects as bednobs suggests. 1/2 hours before first injection I took paracetamol/ bruffen. Repeated twice in the next in next 12 hours, no great reaction to vaccine. Not advice to anyone . I will repeat the same actions with 2nd vaccine .

[choux]

I intend to, having been really rough for a week after the first vaccine. I have been advised by a friend to take Neurofen the day before the second injection to minimise any affect.

If only I had known that weeks ago ;)

[emmie]

i filled in the yellow card, on the covid gov web site, which is for anyone at all who may have had bad reaction to the jab, whichever one. the idea is to give the doctors, scientists a heads up, so in future these sorts of reactions may be eliminated.

[emmie]

this is the one

https://coronavirus-yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/

[Peter Pedant]

dont know
I think the only one who knows the answer to that one is - - - the prof

[Peter Pedant]

// I do consider shaking uncontrollably from head to toe for quite some time and very debilitating flu type symptoms for two days to be rather severe.//
yeah if any member of the Naomi family then no definitely

for anyone else - it really is quite safe and should be ignored

am I allowed to say this? it covers all possibilities innit?

[woofgang]

naomi "I don’t consider headaches, tiredness and feeling a little under the weather to be severe reactions but I do consider shaking uncontrollably from head to toe for quite some time and very debilitating flu type symptoms for two days to be rather severe."

I would call them moderate but not severe....severe means you need medical attention in my book.

[woofgang]

some in there 30s- assume there health workers or have conditions. It seemed to me when your booking on line evn if your too young all that all you need to do is say you have conditions that entitle you to it.

I don't think so. The lady behind me had an appointment number but obviously too young for the cohort being called so the bloke checking people in asked her (very nicely) if she was sure she should be there. I wasnt earwigging but was only a short distance from the desk and could not help hearing. She was a council fosterer for children with challenging behaviours and had to produce her ID.

[naomi24]

I didn’t know if I was having a heart attack, a stroke or a fit, woofgang. Very frightening. It felt pretty severe to me.

[naomi24]

PP should be ignored - particular when he’s prattling about medical
matters.

[bednobs]

hi naomi, that side affect happens to 1 in10 people, and at least next time you'll know and be able to take paracetamol (or ibuprofen)

[naomi24]

Thanks bednobs. I’m inclined to go for the second but didn’t know if I should. I will mention it at the clinic.

[bobbinwales]

Hi woofgang. Maybe, a heard them asking a couple of youngish people at the row of check-in booths about whether they worked in care work or something like that but din't hear there answers, and was expecting to be asked the same question but was only asked my address, date of birth, emergency contact and who my doctors was. Maybe they just assumed a looked like someone who was retired

[Eve]

I'm 42 and was asked a few times if I was a health or social care worker, three I think, the initial check in to give my appointment time, and some details, the next check in, where they found my appointment sheet and checked more details, then by the nurse who gave the vaccine.

I'm not in health or social care (eligible on medical grounds), but I assumed that, had I answered yes, I'd have been asked for some kind of ID or back it up. I assumed they are trying to prevent further incidences of links being shared, allowing people to book on before they are eligible, and get the vaccine by falsely claiming that they work in health or social care (or some other eligible criteria).

[woofgang]

Question Author"I didn’t know if I was having a heart attack, a stroke or a fit, woofgang. Very frightening. It felt pretty severe to me."

yes but in fact it wasn't. "feels like" isn't "is"

[naomi24]

I know that .... now, woofgang. I wonder if you’d have dismissed it so easily had you been in that situation? Somehow I doubt it very much.

I wasn’t called. I’ve been taking other people and was asked if I’d like to have the vaccine whilst I was there so I did.