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DUK Coronavirus Vaccinations Q&A ZOOM session notes

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I didn't get a temperature or headache, just a sore arm. But I did get lower than normal blood sugar levels.
 
I havehad higher than normal blood sugar since my vaccine no other side effects, anyone else have any?
 
Chatty Cathy said:
anyone else have any?
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A friend of mine (non-diabetic) who had the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine because of her work had almost all the side effects possible, from the sounds of it. So pains, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, etc. (Seemed a bit annoyed that I'd just had a sore arm for a couple of days.)
 
Hi @Bruce Stephens, like your friend I also had similar side effects from the AstraZeneca - nausea, severe headache, dizziness, aches and fatigue. It switched in about 10 hours after the jab and switched out again just as suddenly 24 hours later. I'm OK now although still a bit below par and more fatigued than normal, and blood sugars all over the place, - But this is probably due to getting a bit stressed about it all.

My husband had the Pfizer jab with no side effects at all.
I think it as much as we say about Diabetes, we are all different and have a variety of reactions/ no reactions.

I hesitated about posting this, as I didn't want to worry people about the vaccine, as it is so important for us all. On reflection though it would have helped me to know that my re-action was not unusual.
 
Toucan said:
On reflection though it would have helped me to know that my re-action was not unusual.
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I think it is unusual, but not uniquely so. I think my aunt had significant reactions to her vaccination whereas my mother had almost none.

My impression is these are somewhat like typical vaccines, but maybe a bit worse. But it's also maybe that we're paying more attention to these (I guess some people find the flu vaccine hits them for a week or so too, but we don't talk about that much).

Overall, though, given that both of these are pretty new kinds of vaccine (I think the Oxford platform has been used for Ebola before but not many people will have had that) the side effects are surprisingly minimal.
 
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