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Side Effects of Shingles Vaccine

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I got the first dose the end of January 2023. Everything was fine for the first three days. The fourth day my arm started hurting at the injection site and I started having an achy warm body feeling but no fever. That night I noticed my heart beating noticeably a bit faster as I was trying to sleep. The next day, I was feeling really off, dizzy, ringing in ears, blurry vision, palpitations, chest tightness and difficulty getting a full breath. My blood pressure spiked as high as 179/96. It is usually around 133/80. I had had a cardio stress echo the week before the vaccine. Contacted my Cardiologist who suggested that the Shingrix vaccine was driving some inflammatory reaction and that it should probably subside in a few days. It did not. Went to the ER and they did blood tests & chest xray. Some signs of anemia, off electrolytes and also really high monocytes. Saw primary care doctor who immediately seemed to want to have nothing to do with it when I mentioned what the Cardiologist had suggested - that it was related to the vaccine. He is no longer my doctor. Now a month later, still having BP spikes and trying to find a doctor that will help. Going back to Cardiologist next week.

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I have just had the same experience, Have you found a way to reverse the effects? My BP is routinely 120/80 +/- 5pts. Was sent to ER after spiking to 234/112. I never had an adverse reaction to any vaccines until now. Any guidance would be helpful!