“Fever 38.7 degrees, much stronger than flu symptoms”… Incumbent doctor YouTuber, Astra vaccination review topic

Kim Kyung-ryul (41), an incumbent doctor who runs the YouTube channel’Busan Doctor Kim Won-jang’, is drawing attention by introducing a review of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) AstraZeneca vaccination.

Kim, who has more than 180,000 subscribers, said, “I was vaccinated last Thursday,” in this video on the 6th, and “It’s been 3 days now.”

He said, “I get a flu vaccine every year, but I haven’t had any side effects so far, so I thought this AstraZeneca vaccine would just pass without any side effects, but I felt a significant side effect,” he said.

“Since 10 hours after getting the injection, it was similar to the flu symptoms such as fever of 38 degrees or higher, five rings, and muscle pain,” he said. “It is a little not called a side effect, but it is a symptom that occurs when an immune response occurs in our body. I think it seems,” he explained.

Kim confessed, “The body temperature rose to 38.4 degrees, and when the highest was 38.7 degrees,” he confessed, “I slept for about 3 hours after eating 2 pills of Tylenol and my fever fell a little.”

He said that he still had muscle pain and a mild fever of 37.5 degrees in the morning. When he went to work and asked his colleagues about the aftereffects of the vaccine, he said, “70% of 30 people had side effects and 60% of them had the same symptoms as mine.”

In addition, he added, “From the mid-20s to the early 40s, they complained of severe symptoms, and employees in their 50s and above did not experience any symptoms unexpectedly,” he added.

Regarding this, he explained, “There are studies showing that the AstraZeneca vaccine uses adenovirus, which is a type of cold virus, and that the effect of AstraZeneca may decrease for this reason because people are frequently exposed to this virus as they age.” .

Kim said lastly, “To summarize personally, most people have more severe symptoms than the flu, especially in younger people,” said Kim. “In fact, many people are anxious about the AstraZeneca vaccine, but in my opinion, if you are healthy people, I think it should be right.” However, he said that he was worried about whether he would be able to withstand the immune response I felt, although patients with underlying diseases are a little worried.

About 1,500 comments were posted on this video, including symptoms of the vaccination and various concerns.

One netizen wrote, “I also suffered from symptoms similar to those of a doctor, such as a 38.5 degree fever.” Another netizen wrote, “Young people seem to have to prepare their minds to some extent.”

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