US Modena vaccine allergy symptoms first reported… ‘Dizziness and cold sweat’

Input 2020.12.26 09:45

A doctor who received the Corona 19 vaccine from US pharmaceutical company Modena had a severe allergic reaction.

Dr. Josein Sargerday, an oncologist at the Boston Medical Center in the United States, received Modena vaccine on the 24th (local time) and experienced allergic symptoms such as dizziness a few minutes after the vaccination, the New York Times (NYT) reported on the 25th.



Modena’s COVID-19 vaccine. /AFP Yonhap News

This is the first time a case of allergic side effects has been reported among Modena vaccinations in the United States, which began vaccinating Modena from the 21st.

However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on the 19th that six of the Pfizer vaccinations had allergic reactions.

Dr. Sargerdei, who is allergic to shellfish, had a heart rate soaring to 150 beats per minute after receiving Modena vaccine, and showed symptoms of numbness with a sore tongue. Also, my body was soaked in cold sweat, I felt dizzy, and my blood pressure dropped sharply.

He recovered after receiving the allergy medication epinephrine.

The Boston Medical Center issued a statement saying, “Dr. Sargerday was treated in the emergency room and discharged,” and said that there are no problems at the moment.

A spokesman for Modena said in a statement that “the safety and medical team will investigate this case.”

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that 1.5% of vaccine admins and 1.1% of fake drug admins who participated in the clinical trials in the modal or vaccine review report released on the 15th, respectively, showed hypersensitivity reactions, which are similar to those of general vaccine side effects. Evaluated as.

Dr. Merin Caravila, an allergist at Emory University, said, “In the United States, there are still very few cases of serious allergic side effects when more than 1 million people have received the corona vaccine,” he said. “There is no need to be overly concerned about the side effects of the vaccine.”

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