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After effects of covid vaccination

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Dinahmo Sat 20-Aug-22 15:07:41

In mid June I had the 4th covid jab. My arm hurt for a couple of days and then shortly afterwards the pain spread across my back to the other arm.

Mid July I went to an osteopath and whilst he was asking me about the pain and whether I'd done anything I mentioned that it had I'd had the 4th jab and it started afterwards. After he treated me he told me that all this year he'd been treating people who'd suffered after effects.

The osteo's treatment loosened up my right arm and I could again lift it over my head. He thought that because the muscles and tendons were connected the left arm would improve.

I'm now having physio and can lift my left arm so that my elbow is nearly level with my shoulder. It's frustrating because I'm in pain throughout the night, from both arms, it's difficult dressing and undressing without assistance and I'm taking painkillers every day. I can't reach up to a high shelf to get dishes and various other minor inconveniences.

I've since heard that many people are suffering in a similar fashion and I'm now undecided whether to take the next jab, whenever that is available.

I'm aware that many other people are suffering from far worse ailments than me but I just wanted people to know about this side effect.

lemsip Sat 20-Aug-22 16:13:29

well the Osteopath is laughing all the way to the bank isn't he/she!

had all jabs and apart from an arm ache which you would get from any injection into I have had no problems.

Callistemon21 Sat 20-Aug-22 16:21:22

I'm sorry to hear this, Dinahmo.

Side effects are, I'm sure, rare, but having met a couple of formerly fit and healthy people this year who have had such extreme reactions to the vaccinations they ended up in hospital and are now struggling with life, I'm reluctant to have the fourth vaccine.

I'm not an anti-vaxxer by any means and DH has been fine after his 4th vaccine but it made me think twice about it.

I hope you feel better soon. DD visits an osteopath for a problem she has folowing an accident and is very pleased with the treatment she gets. It enables her to keep up with her busy schedule; no other treatment helped.

Lathyrus Sat 20-Aug-22 17:25:54

I guess we all have to weigh up the likelihood of catching Covid this autumn and the reported after after effects against the likelihood of after effects from a vaccine.

Myself, having caught Covid six weeks ago and still suffering, I’m thoroughly relived that the surgery have already told me I’m eligible for the Autumn vaccine.

I’m beginning to believe that I will never really be as well again as I was eight weeks ago before Covid. Another bout will probably finish me off, I know. Seriously ?

Normandygirl Sun 21-Aug-22 13:59:36

Lathyrus

I guess we all have to weigh up the likelihood of catching Covid this autumn and the reported after after effects against the likelihood of after effects from a vaccine.

Myself, having caught Covid six weeks ago and still suffering, I’m thoroughly relived that the surgery have already told me I’m eligible for the Autumn vaccine.

I’m beginning to believe that I will never really be as well again as I was eight weeks ago before Covid. Another bout will probably finish me off, I know. Seriously ?

Good points here, I think that everyone needs to weigh up their own circumstances regarding the vaccine, taking into account their reactions both to the vaccine and their risks should they contract Covid.
I am suffering from Macrocystic anemia which developed straight after my second jab but I have no idea if it's connected or not. I asked my doctor if there was a connection and he just shrugged his shoulders and said " It could be" confused

ElaineI Sun 21-Aug-22 15:40:04

It may be nothing to do with the covid vaccine but more where it was given. The correct place in the arm is 2 finger breadths below the shoulder joint. Higher up can hit a nerve which can give you that kind of pain and it can last for months. Not all vaccine givers check that.

Germanshepherdsmum Sun 21-Aug-22 16:43:00

I hope you feel better soon Dinahmo and Lathyrus.
That’s not very nice Lemsip. Osteopaths are caring people.

MerylStreep Sun 21-Aug-22 16:54:55

Callistemon
We have both decided not to have this latest one.

FannyCornforth Sun 21-Aug-22 16:55:46

It’s good to hear that you had no after effects lemsip, but your reply wasn’t helpful at all.

I hope that you get some help soon Dinah
That’s the thing about Covid, we are all learning as we go along.

Farzanah Sun 21-Aug-22 17:53:32

I agree Elaine1. I have seen vaccines given in some odd places, and have had a reaction to a wrongly given flu vacc at a supermarket pharmacy.

growstuff Sun 21-Aug-22 17:54:09

Normandygirl

Lathyrus

I guess we all have to weigh up the likelihood of catching Covid this autumn and the reported after after effects against the likelihood of after effects from a vaccine.

Myself, having caught Covid six weeks ago and still suffering, I’m thoroughly relived that the surgery have already told me I’m eligible for the Autumn vaccine.

I’m beginning to believe that I will never really be as well again as I was eight weeks ago before Covid. Another bout will probably finish me off, I know. Seriously ?

Good points here, I think that everyone needs to weigh up their own circumstances regarding the vaccine, taking into account their reactions both to the vaccine and their risks should they contract Covid.
I am suffering from Macrocystic anemia which developed straight after my second jab but I have no idea if it's connected or not. I asked my doctor if there was a connection and he just shrugged his shoulders and said " It could be" confused

Macrocytic anaemia is easily treatable.

MayBee70 Sun 21-Aug-22 17:57:38

It worries me that lots of people are being quickly trained up to give vaccines. There’s more to it than just sticking a needle in someone’s arm. I twice asked if they could aspirate the needle and they had no idea what I was talking about.

Joane123 Sun 21-Aug-22 18:23:28

It's all very worrying. I am sorry to read your stories Dinahmo and Lathyrus I hope things improve for you.
I doubt very much that I will have the next one, I had covid after having the others and have never really got my full strength back since, and feel I never will.
Best wishes to all suffering x.

grannysyb Sun 21-Aug-22 18:43:02

I've had four Pfizer, with no side effects, however my fifth jab was Moderna, I slept for two days afterwards. DH has had four jabs all Pfizer, also fine.

Sago Sun 21-Aug-22 18:44:44

Our SIL had two blood clots after his second Moderna vaccine, one on each lung.

He was taken into A&E and treated but the medication stopped working, he had been told by the NHS a it was a coincidence that he’d had the clots so soon after the vaccine.

He went to the American Hospital in Wilmslow for further treatment, they said unequivocally the clots were a result of the vaccine.

BUPA would not reimburse him for the treatment, the BUPA agent told him they had had hundreds of claims for post vaccine conditions..

garnet25 Sun 21-Aug-22 18:49:37

Personally I would advise having whatever jabs are advised. Problems can occur with bad vaccination practise but the jabs are safe. I most certainly would not like to have Covid badly.

lemsip Sun 21-Aug-22 18:52:27

Germansheperdsmum That’s not very nice Lemsip. Osteopaths are caring people.
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well of course they are!

Farzanah Sun 21-Aug-22 18:57:56

I know someone who had a very mild dose of covid and had two strokes 3 and 5 weeks afterwards. She is mid 40s. I would imagine clotting more common after covid than vacc.

Googes41 Sun 21-Aug-22 19:12:13

Dinahmo
There have been previous posts about this.
People have developed PMR (Polymyalgia)
It is worth asking your doctor for the blood test that helps
Diagnose this miserable condition.
I’ve been on steroids for 18 months and have met others who
Developed this condition following vaccination. Your symptoms are very like those of PMR so it is worth iinvestigating.

Good luck

Farzanah Mon 22-Aug-22 09:52:56

I used to do childhood imms and one day a parent brought a child with a slight cold, and I decided to postpone vacc, although child didn’t have a fever and was not unwell. Within a week the child started fitting and I’m pretty sure if I’d given the vacc it would have been blamed. Occasionally illnesses can start coincidentally after vaccination and vaccine is blamed.