Government “Pain and fever disappear soon after vaccination… Refrain from visiting the emergency room”

Input 2021.03.19 12:07

The government announced that symptoms such as fever and muscle pain that occur after vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) can be alleviated with antipyretic drugs and painkillers, and most of them disappear over time. If you go to the emergency room with mild symptoms after getting the vaccine, it can disrupt the treatment of severely ill patients, so if your systemic symptoms persist for more than 2 to 3 days or worsen, you are asked to visit a hospital.

Yoon Tae-ho, head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters, said at a regular briefing on the 19th, “Pain or systemic symptoms that appear after vaccination are reactions that can occur during the process of immunization, and most of them disappear naturally over time.”

As of 0 o’clock on that day, the cumulative vaccine vaccination number was 6,59475, and a total of 9607 adverse reactions were reported after vaccination. Among the adverse reactions, 9492 cases were muscle pain, headache, fever, and chills, which can be common after vaccination.

“As a result of monitoring 18,000 people inoculated separately from reporting adverse reactions, 32.8%, about a third, responded that they had discomfort. The main contents were pain, muscle pain, fatigue, headache, and fever at the vaccination site “He said.

He added, “Before vaccination, prepare an acetaminophen-based antipyretic and analgesic, and if any of these symptoms occur, take an analgesic and take sufficient rest.” Based on the standard, you can take two 500 mg pills 3 to 4 times a day. For details, please consult with experts such as doctors and pharmacists.”

Yoon was concerned that the emergency medical system could be overloaded if the vaccinators were crowded in the emergency room with relatively mild symptoms. According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (middle script), about 1,100 patients visited the emergency medical center after receiving the vaccine from February 26th to the 13th of this month, of which 80% of them had fever symptoms. About 2.2% of patients visited the emergency room due to severe adverse reactions accompanied by fever.

“If you use the emergency room because of a fever after vaccination, you can perform quarantine and corona tests in case, and in this process, there is a possibility of disrupting the treatment of severely ill patients due to overload in the emergency room.” It is not desirable to go to the emergency room on the day of vaccination or the next day due to symptoms such as pain in the area, muscle pain, and fever, so please be careful.”

If symptoms persist for more than two days or if the condition worsens, you should see a doctor. “If you have a serious allergic reaction, such as difficulty breathing or loss of consciousness,” Yoon said. “Please call 911 immediately or go to the nearest emergency room.”

The government is preparing a related medical response system as the number of vaccinations increases. In addition, the government plans to secure necessary medicines at emergency medical institutions in case an emergency patient related to vaccination occurs, and to deploy two nurses and an ambulance at each local vaccination center.

“We plan to prepare emergency room operation guidelines for adverse vaccine reactions in consultation with experts such as the Emergency Medical Association. We will expand the quarantine beds in emergency medical facilities to expand the capacity of emergency patients with fever.” Revealed.