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Anyone got first vaccine shot while experiencing long COVID symptoms?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Mar 21, 2022 | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
Here's some information from Mayo Clinic about getting vaccinated after being infected with COVID
"Getting COVID-19 offers some natural protection or immunity from reinfection with the virus that causes COVID-19. It's estimated that getting COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination both result in a low risk of another infection with a similar variant for at least six months.
But because reinfection is possible and COVID-19 can cause severe medical complications, it's recommended that people who have already had COVID-19 get a COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, COVID-19 vaccination might offer better protection than getting sick with COVID-19. A recent study showed that unvaccinated people who already had COVID-19 are more than twice as likely as fully vaccinated people to be reinfected with COVID-19.
Recent research also suggests that people who got COVID-19 in 2020 and then received mRNA vaccines produce very high levels of antibodies that are likely effective against current and, possibly, future variants. Some scientists call this hybrid immunity. Further research is needed."
Read more https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine-if-already-had-covid
An informal survey of 450 people by Survivor Corps, a patient advocacy group for people with long COVID, found that 171 people said their condition improved after vaccination. But additional research is needed to understand what’s really going on here. Read more here:
- Can a COVID-19 Vaccine Improve Symptoms for People with Long COVID? https://www.healthline.com/health-news/can-a-covid-19-vaccine-improve-symptoms-for-people-with-long-covid#Anecdotal-evidence-suggests-vaccine-relieves-long-COVID
Are you considering vaccination, @aae? Or have you already been vaccinated?
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About a week after my COVID booster I began symptoms that started with being extremely cold and shivering, only relieved by a hot bath. I felt full and couldn't eat because my stomach felt full. And I was winded and couldn't breathe just after walking across the room. These lasted in varying degrees for about 3 months, after many tests and scans, which were all normal. At 3 months all were gone! Although I had all shots and never tested positive to COVID the doctors believe I must have had a mild case while traveling and never knew.
.......171 people out of 450 people said condition improved. What did the other 279 people say?
I was unvaccinated, had CV19, and 2.5 months after recovering received my first dose of Pfizer and five days after that first dose started to experience Long Covid symptoms of chest pressure, mild pain, fatigue, shortness of breath after low physical activity and more severe symptoms and longer lasting after strenuous activity. That started in August and even today, late March of the following year I have these symptoms.
I'm not going to recommend the vaccine to those of us that have had and survived the CV19 until I see even more sets of data and studies that I can trust. It is hard to trust any data at this point. I can only trust my experience(s) and experience of others that I know and trust.
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Thank you for all of this relevant information!
I have a couple questions:
-So of the Survivor Corps survey, 171 people had their condition improve after vaccination, but what happened with the other 279 people?
-With the constant mutation of the virus, is the vaccine still effective against the S-type proteins?
I have been considering vaccination for 2 years now. There is just not enough cited and peer reviewed medical evidence to convince me on it just yet. Like my grandma said - If it is not a heck yes, then it is a heck no.