Delayed reaction to vaccine

Dragonfly I didn't at all mean to suggest that your reaction might have been due to anything other than the vaccine - I hope you didn't think that.
I just thought it was an interesting observation to have come out of the symptom study.

I started a thread a few weeks ago about my husband having 3 nights of terrible headaches 2 weeks after the Pfizer jab. He is not prone to headaches. The GP said it couldn’t be connected and was not an ITA. Blood tests have not shown anything up. It will be interesting to see what happens after the second jab at the end of the month.

I believe if you have side effects it’s because your immune system is working well if you have no symptoms it shows your immune system needs help
I haven’t heard anyone having symptoms 5 or more days afterwards though

DH and I had Astra Zeneca jab on Wednesday. I had really bad shivers, headache and aches DH has been fine. I feel much better today. No complaints I was just pleased to have it.

BlueBelle
“I believe if you have side effects it’s because your immune system is working well if you haven no symptoms it shows your immune system needs help “
BlueBelle I read that you don’t actually need side effects to prove that the vaccine is working for you. Just in case people worry if they don’t get any!

janeainsworth

One interesting thing that came out of the webinar that I watched yesterday was that during the trials, the incidence of side effects in people who had the vaccine was the the same as in people who had the placebo.
Food for thought ?

Yesterday my upper arm was itchy and felt inflamed and I was rubbing it, thinking it was a two-week delayed reaction after the vaccination and was trying to have a look in the mirror to see if it was red.

I then remembered that the vaccination was in the other arm!

Riverwalk
I’m having my first dose tomorrow so shall watch for side effects & try & decide if they’re real or imaginary

BlueBelle

I believe if you have side effects it’s because your immune system is working well if you have no symptoms it shows your immune system needs help
I haven’t heard anyone having symptoms 5 or more days afterwards though

This is not true at all so people reading this needn’t worry that they have a defective immune system.

Thanks FoghornLeghorn I was hoping no reactions/side effects didn’t mean a weak immune system or that the vaccine hadn’t worked.

I have an amazing immune system, I haven’t had a cold or flu in the last 30 years. I don’t get side effects either. My mother used to get every side effect going to any medicine prescribed so I removed the explanatory leaflet that came with her prescribed medicine. Worked a treat.
Yesterday we got the Pfizer vaccination, no side effects.

I had the AZ vaccine on Tuesday, and DH had his last Thursday. No side effects between us, not even a sore arm. We did take paracetamol for 24 hours afterwards, which may have helped.

We were half expecting side effects, as we both had a reaction for the first time ever after this year’s flu jab. With that in mind, I think it’s wrong to imply that side effects are all in the mind, or that the lack of them means the vaccine’s not working or your immune system is somehow defective.

We’re just glad to have had our first dose!

I had my AZ vaccine on thursday just feel vaguely unwell, tiredness,muscle aches, raised glands, heady feeling and generally wanting to curl up in bed and stay there.