Anaphylaxis and COVID Vaccine
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Has anyone had any experience of this / how they interact?
My partner has a severe nut allergy - if she ingests a nut, it's 2 EpiPen's immediately and an ambulance.
She's been called for her COVID jab as a result of her allergy, so called her GP for advice as there's news stories out there saying people with severe allergies shouldn't have it. The GP said "it would depend whose on duty on the day whether they would give it to you or not" and didn't offer any further advice.
This seems ambiguous to me, surely it's a yes or no.
Anyway, just wondering if anyone has any real work experience of this.
Many thanks
My partner has a severe nut allergy - if she ingests a nut, it's 2 EpiPen's immediately and an ambulance.
She's been called for her COVID jab as a result of her allergy, so called her GP for advice as there's news stories out there saying people with severe allergies shouldn't have it. The GP said "it would depend whose on duty on the day whether they would give it to you or not" and didn't offer any further advice.
This seems ambiguous to me, surely it's a yes or no.
Anyway, just wondering if anyone has any real work experience of this.
Many thanks
THIS ISN'T MEDICAL ADVICE, AND THE SUPERVISING TEAM ADMINISTERING A VACCINE SHOULD CLARIFY
But from this page : https://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/covid-19-advice/pfi...
It looks like it might be ok, if there are no nuts in the vaccine.
Use the link to research it further. It is a quasi-independent resource, but not Governmental.
My vaccine was given at my doctors surgery and had to wait at least 15 mins after it. Pretty sure they have all autoinjectors staff needed where necessary. There was even had a AED , with a razor tapped to it, in the waiting toom.However, got talking to the staff and not a single case of any anaphylaxis.
Road2Ruin said:
My vaccine was given at my doctors surgery and had to wait at least 15 mins after it. Pretty sure they have all autoinjectors staff needed where necessary. There was even had a AED , with a razor tapped to it, in the waiting toom.However, got talking to the staff and not a single case of any anaphylaxis.
Get a lot of hairy MI victims? Hi, I'm a pharmacist and COVID-19 vaccinator.
The advice currently is the only reason for people with allergies not to have the vaccine is if you are allergic to one of the ingredients in the vaccine as stated in the Green Book. Numbers are roughly that 1 in a million will experience an anaphylactic reaction.
All vaccine sites also have anaphylaxis/resus capability.
The advice currently is the only reason for people with allergies not to have the vaccine is if you are allergic to one of the ingredients in the vaccine as stated in the Green Book. Numbers are roughly that 1 in a million will experience an anaphylactic reaction.
All vaccine sites also have anaphylaxis/resus capability.
BertB said:
My father had an undiagnosed anaphylaxis reaction in the past, so because they didn't know if an component of the jab was the cause his GP surgery referred him to the local hospital to have the jab there under observation.
My partner has been involved in some of these, only reason is that its an instant response from a team who do the whole ‘crash’ thing pretty much daily (so obvs very well drilled) compared to a GP surgery. They’ve had no need so far, it’s been pretty boring
scoopdydoo said:
Hi, I'm a pharmacist and COVID-19 vaccinator.
The advice currently is the only reason for people with allergies not to have the vaccine is if you are allergic to one of the ingredients in the vaccine as stated in the Green Book. Numbers are roughly that 1 in a million will experience an anaphylactic reaction.
All vaccine sites also have anaphylaxis/resus capability.
Can they not tell us what is in the vaccine?The advice currently is the only reason for people with allergies not to have the vaccine is if you are allergic to one of the ingredients in the vaccine as stated in the Green Book. Numbers are roughly that 1 in a million will experience an anaphylactic reaction.
All vaccine sites also have anaphylaxis/resus capability.
I too have a severe alergy to nuts.
Thorough article on this topic: https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/prior-allergy-or-d...
Edited by NGRhodes on Thursday 4th March 21:26
vulture1 said:
Can they not tell us what is in the vaccine?
I too have a severe alergy to nuts.
It’s understandable that people with allergies are worried. They do publish the full ingredients and excipients despite what that bird you went to school with who’s a bit cuckoo says on Facebook. I too have a severe alergy to nuts.
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