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26 lut 2024 · Covid-19: Two rare vaccine side effects detected in large global study. The largest vaccine safety study to date has identified two new, but very rare, side effects associated with covid-19 vaccines—transverse myelitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
27 paź 2021 · Recognition that responses to the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines resemble JMR and CBH reactions may lead to skin testing in patients and to other related studies to better understand SARS-CoV-2...
There are a spectrum of skin reactions following COVID-19 vaccination including local site reactions, urticaria, a delayed large local reaction "COVID arm", and morbilliform eruptions. For images, click on the following link.
30 wrz 2021 · All patients underwent serologic testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection before vaccination and tested negative, indicating no previous primary infection: hence, vasculitis might have been triggered by maladaptive individual immune responses to a component of the vaccine.
Autoimmune-mediated skin findings after COVID-19 vaccination include leucocytoclastic vasculitis, lupus erythematosus and immune thrombocytopenia. Functional angiopathies (chilblain-like lesions, erythromelalgia) may also be observed.
In summary, this case report suggests that patients who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 can present with swollen legs without any specific cause. If their legs swell without any specific cause, the possibility of DVT should first be considered.
Purpura developed 14 days following the first vaccine dose, initially afecting the lower limbs and rapidly spreading to the abdomen, torso, and head (figure). He received treatment with 1 mg/kg prednisone, which led to progressive resolution of skin lesions over 3 weeks.
