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Research on COVID 19 vax causing Essential Thrombocythemia?
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Mar 10 4:55pm | Replies (73)Comment receiving replies
Well, this was a brand new question, so I thought I would start at VAERS - the Vaccine Adverse Event Reports from the CDC.
Here is what I found - amongst 880,000 Covid vaccine reports, there were 21 reports of possible Essential Thrombocythemia. Then I checked ALL adverse reports - of 1.6 million, there were 220 reports of a possible connection. I would say that with these few reports, it is probably not being specifically studied.
Remember, this is not a confirmed connection, just the two events, like yours, occurred at about the same time.
The other question is whether you ever had Covid, because blood changes were common for some people who were infected, and some oyher viruses (pre-Covid) sometimes led to new diagnosis of ET.
Here is what Mayo Clinic has to say: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/essential-thrombocythemia/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20361131
Sue
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I also had my platelets jump from 400 to 600 to 700 after 5 COVID shots. The first jump was after the first 3 COVID shots in 2021 and the next jump was after 2 COVID shots and 2 Shingrix shots in 2022. In Feb. 2023, I was diagnosed with Essential Thrombocythemia with Jak2. My platelets were normal until I started the COVID vaccines. I want someone to take this information, but where can I get it noticed? I had no symptoms at diagnosis, just high platelets. I take 500mg of hydroxyurea 2x week and baby aspirin and iron daily. I am not taking any additional COVID shots.
Thank you for helping me get this information to someone.
Karla
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Correlation does not mean causation. My platelets started to rise 3 years before the pandemic. I have no other health concerns. I've had all 5 shots, the last being the booster in Oct 2022, which did not affect my platelet levels. However I did have shingrix vaccine a week before my Feb 2023 CBC test, and my platelets dropped precipitously. Since they have risen slightly, but not to the level they were before the shingrix vaccine. While vaccines can affect our CBC test results, as I started my comment "Correlation does not mean causation.".....sometimes things just happen. No one in my family has ET or other blood disorder.