“I got the Corona 19 vaccine… The body has changed like this from head to toe” (photo)

The entire skin becomes red, cracked and swollen

“The cause is a vaccine, but a very rare case”

An American in his 70s who received Janssen’s Corona 19 vaccine has a symptom of red, swelling and cracking skin from head to toe, leading to a safety controversy.

According to local media such as the New York Post and Newsweek on the 30th of last month (local time), Richard Terrell, 74, who lives in Virginia, received Janssen’s Corona 19 vaccine on the 6th of last month.

Man’s skin’peeled off’ in rare reaction to Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine A Virginia man suffered a rare reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine that caused a painful rash to spread across his entire body and skin to peel off, doctor

New York Post

However, about 3 to 4 days after the vaccination, the arm began to itch. Afterwards, the itchy area gradually widened, and it became severely red from head to toe. Eventually, the skin peeled off, cracked, and swelled severely.

Terrell complained of the pain, “The skin is sore, itchy and has a burning pain.”

VCU Medical Center staff conducted several tests to see if there were other causes, but showed no signs of abnormality.

“According to a biopsy, this symptom was determined as a drug reaction,” said Newtan, a dermatologist who treated him. “Therefore, the medical staff concluded that the cause of the skin symptom was the Corona 19 vaccine.”

“It seems that a specific substance of the vaccine and the patient’s genetic characteristics interacted,” he explained. “If it was not treated quickly, the skin was inflamed and life was dangerous,” he explained.

“This symptom is a case we all need to know, but we shouldn’t be afraid of vaccination.”

Newtan said, “The probability of this side effect after getting the Corona 19 vaccine is very low, and it is a symptom that can occur after taking the drug even if it is not necessarily a vaccine.” “The benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks.”

“I don’t regret getting the vaccine,” said Terrell, who recovered after several days of treatment at the hospital and discharged from the hospital.

On the other hand, Janssen vaccine is a viral vector vaccine that injects a harmless virus into the human body like the AstraZeneca vaccine. It is planned to be brought to Korea in the second quarter (April to June), but the exact timing and quantity of supply have not been determined.