News – Even people who have suffered a severe allergic reaction to food, latex, pets, pollen, or bee venom get the coronavirus vaccine, UW Medicine allergy and infectious disease experts say.
After the first COVID-19 vaccination was given, a few incidents of allergic reactions were reported in the United States and abroad. These questions naturally promoted safety about the vaccines for people with a history of allergic reactions.
In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidelines, which typically support the administration of vaccines for this population. However, he said people who have experienced an allergic reaction to infectious drugs – especially polyethylene glycol, which is used to coat mRNA as part of the delivery of existing vaccines – should not be vaccinated. .
For the general population, however, the vaccine is safe and epidemiological numbers are on your side, said Dr. Doug Paauw, UW Medicine internist who chairs Clinical Education aimed at patients at Washington University School of Medicine.
Paauw (pronounced “pow”) suspects that the rate of sensory response to the COVID-19 vaccines will end up per 1 million people. Higher levels of other medications, including penicillin, cause a severe allergic reaction.
“The chance of dying if you take penicillin is much higher, and there are not many worries about getting an antibiotic in this country,” he said.
On January 6, the CDC released a report showing that of the 1.89 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine dispensed in the United States through Dec. 23, only 21 recipients reported a relapse anaphylactic aca. All but one have completely recovered, according to the report.
For people with allergies who are worried they may have a relapse, the CDC recommends waiting 30 minutes after receiving the vaccine before leaving the clinic or hospital, said Dr David Coleman , an allergist at Harbourview Medical Center.
“There are so few opinions that out of the millions who have received the vaccine so far, there have been so few serious allergic reactions to this vaccine,” agreed Dr Shireesha Dhanireddy, medical director for the disease clinic. infectious at Harbourview. “So most people should not worry even if they have a history of allergies to oral medicines or food. We continue to strongly encourage these people to be vaccinated. ”
Dhanireddy addressed other aspects of vaccine delivery and possible reactions here.
According to the CDC, if someone has a severe allergic reaction after receiving the vaccine, their vaccine provider will send a report to the Vaccine Incident Reporting System, the national source for reports from health care professionals, manufacturers vaccination, and the public about adverse events that occur after vaccination.