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Healthcare Worker Is Hospitalized After Getting Allergic Reaction To Coronavirus Vaccine
December 17, 2020
Not good, not good.
A healthcare worker from Alaska has been hospitalized after they got a severe allergic reaction from Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine.
The reaction reportedly kicked in 10 minutes after the healthcare worker got the vaccine shot.
According to a report by Dr. Lindy Jones, an attending physician at Bartlett Memorial Hospital, the healthcare worker, who is a woman, got the vaccine and took an antihistamine.
The worker reported shortness of breath, said Dr. Jones.
As a result, the woman was taken to the emergency room, where doctors observed an elevated heart rate and even developed a rash on her face and torso.
2 Alaska health care workers have allergic reactions after taking Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine By Zoe Christen Jones Hospitals race to vaccinate employees
One health care worker in Alaska experienced a serious allergic reaction and was hospitalized after taking Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine, state officials said Wednesday. The worker, who is middle-aged and had no previous history of allergies, had stabilized with treatment but was being kept in a Juneau hospital to be monitored for another day.
The worker received the vaccine Tuesday at Bartlett Regional Hospital. Ten minutes after taking the vaccine she showed signs of an anaphylactic reaction, with increased heartbeat, shortness of breath and skin rash and redness, according to Dr. Lindy Jones, the emergency room director at Bartlett. She was given epinephrine and Benadryl, admitted to the hospital, and put on an intravenous epinephrine drip. Her reaction was serious but not life threatening.
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A healthcare worker in Alaska suffered a severe allergic reaction after receiving Pfzier s coronavirus vaccine and had to be hospitalized. The middle-aged woman, who has not been identified, suffered an anaphylactic reaction about ten minutes after she was vaccinated.
She began to suffer from shortness of breath and flushing and was given a Benadryl to relieve the symptoms. When that did not work, taken to the hospital, where she was given epinephrine, which cleared up her symptoms within minutes. Officials said she is in stable condition and should be released from the hospital on Wednesday (December 16) night.