Doctors Warn Severe Rash May Appear After Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Shot

Severe itchy rash might be a sight effect of getting the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine, warned doctors. Patients saw a big skin lesion at the injection site and it was about 10 centimeters in diameter.

In a trial of 30000 people 12, people who received the first dose of Moderna vaccine saw their arms turn swollen and itchy, 5 to 7 days after they getting vaccinated, as per the letter published in New England Journal of Medicine by doctors.

The letter said that five of the patients saw a big skin lesion at the injection site and it was about 10 centimeters in diameter. Two patients experienced the rash in other places like palm or elbow.

The rash appeared 5 or 8 days after getting the first dose, but these rashes were gone after 4-5 days, the report said.

These patients were encouraged to complete the vaccination course by getting the second dose.

Three patients who received a second dose of vaccine also had to face some side effects. Some of them had skin issues. As per the doctors, these side effects are not severe or harmful.

The lead author Dr. Kimberly Blumenthal of Massachusetts General Hospital said in a statement that “whether you have experienced a rash at the site of injection right after the vaccination or this delayed skin reaction, none of these conditions should prevent you from receiving the second dose of the vaccine”.

“Our immediate aim is to make physicians and other care providers aware of this possible delayed reaction, so they are not alarmed, but in fact informed pretty well and equipped to advise their patients accordingly”.

Recently, a Polish doctor recorded a video of himself getting the experimental COVID-19 vaccine. He mocked the critics who questioned the efficacy of the vaccine while getting jabbed. Ironically, the doctor died just days later, although the cause of his death was reported to be heart failure.

Meanwhile, a Swedish epidemiology professor was forced to quit his research on coronavirus after he faced radical backlash on his findings that the coronavirus doesn’t possess a huge threat to children.

According to Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), there were 34 cases reported where pregnant women suffered from spontaneous miscarriages or stillbirths post COVID-19 vaccination.

According to Intermountain Healthcare doctors women who were recently vaccinated for COVID-19 may show symptoms of Breast Cancer as a side-effect of the vaccine.

An American doctor from Wisconsin, Dr Sara Beltrán Ponce had a miscarriage just days after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

In yet another case, a woman from Rajasthan tested COVID-19 positive 31 times in 5 months baffling doctors. Her results have been contradicting the novel Coronavirus’ incubation cycle that is believed to end in 14 days.

Recently, the deaths of elderly who recovered from COVID-19, but died after the vaccine was administered, have raised questions.

Moreover, a group of researchers in the The Lancet medical journal have warned that  Covid-19 vaccines currently in development could increase the risk of acquiring HIV, potentially leading to an increase in infections.

Australia had to scrap its billion dollars coronavirus vaccine agreement after participants tested positive for COVID-19.

Meanwhile, American federal officials are investigating COVID-19 vaccine recipients who developed the rare blood disorder thrombocytopenia, with at least several cases resulting in death.

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