[서울신문] “Laughter because of the side effect” incumbent doctor AZ vaccine review

“It’s a common symptom of an immune response, but… ”
“All must be right to form group immunity”

A specialist who received the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine released a review of the vaccination, saying, “The side effects were so severe that I laughed.”

Rehabilitation medicine specialist Kim Gyeong-ryul, who is running the YouTube channel’Busan Doctor Kim Won-jang’, recently released a video about the experience that he received the AZ vaccine on the 4th, and that fever, chills, and muscle pain persisted for two days.

Kim said that he had never experienced side effects such as chills or muscle pain even after getting the flu shot every year. He said that about 10 hours after receiving the AZ vaccine, the chills came severely, and the fever rose to 38.7 degrees Celsius. He explained that the symptoms at the time were “similar to the flu symptoms,” he said. It is a symptom that usually occurs when an immune response occurs in the body. However, it seemed to me that the symptoms were very severe, so I laughed.”

Kim said that he took 2 tablets of Tylenol, 500mg, and after 3 hours had passed, the fever fell. In addition to Tylenol, other antipyretics such as ibuprofen were prepared, but he explained that Tylenol was the most effective.

Currently, Dr. Kim, who has recovered his normal condition, said that 70% of 30 people around him as well as himself had symptoms after vaccination, and 60% of them were at the same severe level as he.

He said, “Although the sample is small, it seems that it is more powerful than the flu vaccine.” “In mid-20s to 40s complained of severe symptoms. Surprisingly, employees in their 50s often just passed by. Most of the patients who received the vaccine were also in their 50s or older, but only 20% of them had a fever, and everyone else was fine.”

Regarding the relatively younger people experiencing a stronger immune response, he said, “The vaccine uses adenovirus, a type of cold virus, and that the vaccine may be less effective in the elderly because people are frequently exposed to adenovirus as they age. There are research results. My personal experience also seems to fit the result.”

Specialist Kim said, “Healthy citizens should get AZ. He stressed that “AZ is less effective, but it is the fact that it has the effect of forming collective immunity,” he said.

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