Where to get help if your vaccine injured
I have been severely injured from the covid vaccine. I was once a mid 40 year old male who exercised daily, golfed 4 times a week and skied 3 times a week. Now I am unable to do any of those things. It started after I took a covid shot. I did not recieve any shots until my doctor convinced in December of 2021. Well after things were over and I was in excellent health. Unfortunately I took his advice and went to get it. I did. It recieve the first or second shot. I was administered one of the phizer boosters. I immediately developed a rash all over my body and felt like I was dying. I went back to the doctor and they tried to convince me that it was normal. I did not believe them. 3 months after the shot I passed put for the first time and was in the hospital for 4 days. Left with no answers and once again told the vaccine was not the cause. As time progressed I had less and less energy and when I would try to exercise I would have episodes where my heart rate would increase rapidly and I would constantly shake. They tried to tell me I was having seizures and once again told the vaccine did not do this. As time progressed I slowly became unable to do physical activity and work. I constantly feel that I'm stuck on a airplane with so much pressure in my head and you can feel every heart beat in your head. I have to remain as calm as possible or my heart will start pounding and it feels like all the blood is rushing to my head and I'm going to pass out. I have been to neurologist and cardiologist but they only want to do the bare minimum so thwy can't find anything wrong and say it's not their problem. The last test I had was a tilt table test in which I passed out during and I was told by the cardiologist to stay hydrated and wear compression socks. As someone who was an athlete and feels like he's fighting for his life at this moment in time I have been failed by the same doctors who told a healthy individual to take something that they had no idea what it would do to them. And when it completely destroyed my life, they want nothing to do with you or point you in any direction for help. I am asking if anyone know anything of where I can go to get help. I'm fighting for everything I have and I'm tired of doors being shut in my face when I'm begging for help. Thank you
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@beehappy25 The VAERS, vaccine adverse event reporting link is here: https://vaers.hhs.gov/ . This is research paper on adverse side effects from covid vaccines: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8825448/ . I didn't have an adverse side effect from my covid vaccines and boosters, but I got Acute Kidney Injury (ACI) and PEM from covid. I also had two friends in their 60's that were very fit and active and died of cardiovascular events soon after covid. Covid is an evil disease, and a percentage of people have adverse effects from vaccines.
Speaking as a research scientist (not medicine), covid and covid vaccine illnesses/deaths are new enough that doctors don't yet know what is going on. Some doctors are dismissive and otherwise of limited use. Cuts to CDC, NIH, and university medical grants will further slow research, which takes years because of (1) funding and staffing with experts in that subset of research, (2) clinical trials which can take several years, and (3) publication and sharing with other scientists (generally also a year or more). If you wish to read more recent research papers, ResearchGate is a good site. Here are some other links: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54886-0 https://ncirs.org.au/how-common-are-severe-side-effects-covid-vaccines-and-how-are-they-detected https://info.health.nz/immunisations/vaccines-aotearoa/covid-19-vaccines/covid-19-vaccine-side-effects-and-reactions https://data.who.int/dashboards/covid19/deaths . Even though serious vaccine reactions are considered rate, if hundreds of millions of people are vaccinated, then the total number of people with reactions also increases.
I do not want to invalidate your experience, but you're asking what to do to get help. This is my advice. It's not unlikely that your symptoms could be caused by an asymptomatic covid-19 infection and the timing with the vaccine is coincidental. Anyone who was out and about during the pandemic probably had multiple asymptomatic infections. Try presenting yourself to Dr as a long Covid patient and you'll get more serious attention. My point is you can't change the way they view things, so change the way you present it. Good luck.