AstraZeneca Side Effects: Everything You Need To Know After COVID-19 Vaccination

As the end of the first half of 2021 approaches, COVID-19 vaccination is advancing as quickly as possible. But with the start of the application of biologics to people aged 30 to 39 in Mexico sparked a heated debate: the side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine they affected a large part of the young population and many doubts arose in this regard.

On social networks, young adults have approached the question with humor. Thousands of memes have flooded the digital space with reactions that until now had not gone so viral.

Agree with the World Health Organization (WHO), international organization in charge of the management of health policies, side effects are common when vaccinated against a disease

The Events supposedly attributable to vaccination o Vaccination (ESAVI) against the coronavirus, as they are called in Mexico, can present in the first 30 minutes and last up to 48 hours after being vaccinated. However, if these last longer, the patient should see a doctor.

According to the Technical Guide for the Application of AstraZeneca Vaccine Against the SARS-CoV-2 Virus, the most common side effects are:

-Pain at the injection site

-Tired

-Headache

– Myalgia (joint pain)

-Artralgia (muscle pain)

-Fever

Although there are people who do not have major symptoms, when undesirable effects appear, it is advisable to take paracetamol or another pain reliever, According to WHO. However, the international body “Do not recommend taking pain relievers like paracetamol to prevent side effects before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, because we do not know how they can affect the functioning of the vaccine ”.

Regarding the possible pain in the injection area, the Ministry of Health asked do not put wet compresses (neither cold, nor lukewarm, nor hot), or salicylate-type pain relievers, as these could be incorrectly linked to the vaccine.

There are many analgesic-anti-inflammatory (SUBSTANCE) between drugs, but the substantial difference between salicylate pain relievers, such as selective acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), ibuprofen or iCOX (celecoxib and rofecoxib), and paracetamol is that the latter “does not exhibit anti-inflammatory activity since it does not inhibit cyclooxygenase (COX) in places with high concentrations of peroxide such as sites of inflammation”, underlines the University of the Republic in Uruguay in an informative bulletin.

For example, according to a study by the New England Medical Journal, he noted that the percentages of people who have experienced side effects in young people and adults have increased significantly. In case of fever, 59% of young people had reactions, compared to 52% of adults; while in terms of fever, at the second dose, symptoms were 16% in the young and 11% in the elderly.

Also in April 2021, a study conducted by King’s College London, published in the Lancet Infectious Disease, found that one in four people vaccinated with Pfizer or AstraZeneca have systemic side effects (not at the injection site). Most had headaches and fatigue, which peaked within the first 24 hours and lasted between one and two days.

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