Identify the possible cause of thrombosis caused by a vaccine with AstraZeneca

They also explained that Platelets work in the blood to prevent bleeding, but when they overflow they form clots or thrombi.

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“Under normal conditions, platelets are activated when a wound occurs, to cause the wound to heal. However, In some patients, the AstraZeneca vaccine triggers this reaction out of control, causing blood clots to form in the brain.“added the report.

One of the methods they are evaluating to deal with this problem and its potential effects is to use drugs that prevent thrombosis, but they explained that this can only be done after the reaction has started, not before.

The University of Greifswald stressed that the discovery was possible thanks to the cooperation of the Paul Ehrlich Institute and Austrian doctors, where a nurse died after being immunized with the AstraZeneca vaccine.

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“The benefits outweigh the risks”

Several countries in Europe have stopped vaccination with AstraZeneca after problems arose in some patients who had received the vaccine.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recommended on March 16 that the AstraZeneca vaccine “continue to be used” against the coronavirus “taking into account that IThe benefits of the vaccine outweigh its risks “in dealing with Covid-19, while “the cases presented in Europe are under investigation” due to the appearance of bleeding disorders.

By a declaration, the body of the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that “so far” the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee of the European Medicines Agency (PRAC) “He did not find a cause and effect relationship between vaccination and bleeding disorders, which can arise from different causes.”

“These events can occur in people who have already been vaccinated, as well as in those who have not yet received the vaccine,” said the international organization and said that “to date, the PRAC has assessed that the The incidence of thromboembolic events in the vaccinated population is not greater than that of the general population “.

In this sense, he said that the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) WHO “is evaluating the data provided by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), associated with the distribution of two lots of AstraZeneca vaccines, manufactured and distributed in Europe”.

“The director of this agency recently said that there was no indication that the events were caused by the vaccine,” PAHO stressed in the text, and noted that “it is important to clarify that vaccination against Covid-19 will not reduce deaths from other causes, even after vaccination. “