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Rugilė Pilvinienė, senior advisor to the Pharmacovigilance and Poisoning Information Division of the State Medicines Control Agency (IARC), said there are specific reasons why a person is considered to have died from the effect of a vaccine.
“There are many reasons why we could recognize that this is the effect of a vaccine. First, to conclude that it is an adverse event or reaction related to the action of the vaccine, we must have certain symptoms after vaccination. A person has to show in some way that something is happening to his body after vaccination.
One of the most realistic adverse reactions to all vaccines in terms of effects on the immune system is one that can occur fairly quickly, in a matter of minutes, from 7 to 14 minutes or more, and could be a serious reaction that causes life threatening called anaphylaxis. .He pointed out during a press conference.
The whole body reacts
As explained by the specialist, this is a whole body reaction that involves several systems and shows symptoms of multi-organ dysfunction.
“For example, a person may complain of general weakness, a sudden drop in blood pressure, a partial discharge of heat, a sudden rash. Suddenly, it is a matter of minutes. Gastrointestinal disturbances, sudden abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea can occur. ”Said R. Pilvinienė.
According to her, such an appearance of symptoms would suggest that it may be related to a severe manifestation of an allergic reaction, called an anaphylactic reaction.
“There were no such phenomena and suspicions in this case. Furthermore, this reaction can be expected with any vaccine ”, added the IWT specialist.
As noted by R. Pilvinienė, adverse reactions as serious as anaphylaxis during vaccination are more common in young women, most of whom are already allergic to something.
“Virtually all vaccines used for disease prevention have this risk, as do Comirnaty and Moderna. However, there were no anaphylactic reactions in clinical trials with AstraZeneca vaccines,” he explained.
R. Pilvinienė noted that when it comes to other adverse reactions, what these reactions are should be very clearly defined.
“They are more likely when people are treated with one or the other drug due to existing health problems. And in this case, we are talking about the fact that most people at this minute of the vaccination day are basically healthy, free of acute diseases. Most people come to be vaccinated when they are healthy, of course, with their comorbidities, with which they have lived for years, in terms of elderly patients, “said the IWT specialist.
Effects of severe fever
For her part, Aurelija Žvirblienė, professor and immunologist at the VU Life Sciences Center, added that a systemic reaction, a very strong fever, could be associated with vaccination.
“Because we know that vaccines sometimes do not cause a fever, but a significant fever. And it develops in 12-24 hours. And if such phenomena existed and if that fever caused very serious side effects or even death, it could be related to the But as far as I know, no such cases have been reported with COVID-19 vaccines, “he said.
At the same time, R. Pilvinienė emphasized that there are no guidelines not to vaccinate people with chronic diseases with respect to COVID-19 vaccines.
The portal tv3.lt recalls that the death of a 77-year-old grandfather was reported after the COVID-19 vaccination with AstraZeneca vaccine.
800 adverse reactions were reported
As reported by the IARC on Monday, there have been 802 reports of adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines since the start of vaccination. The vaccine received 585 notifications for the vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, 34 notifications for the Moderna vaccine, and 172 notifications for the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Additionally, the name of the vaccine was not provided in 11 of the reports received. 760 messages are classified as mild to moderate and 42 as severe.
According to the Medicines Control Agency, women reported more suspected adverse reactions than men, with 730 and 71 reports, respectively. The sex of a person was not specified.
The age of those who reported reactions ranged from 19 to 87 years.
According to the service, the number of reports received from healthcare professionals is 112, from patients 687, and three reports were received from the Eudravigilance database.
The most common reactions
The main reports of people vaccinated against COVID-19 were pain, swelling, redness at the injection site, arm pain, chills, headache, skin rash, and fever. The most common of these reactions was mild to moderate and resolved within a few days.
According to the Medicines Control Agency, fluctuations in the number of notifications of adverse reactions received directly depend on the number of vaccines administered that week.
“The more vaccines there are, the more reports there are.” We cannot assess from the data provided which vaccine reports the most adverse reactions to vaccines, as there are very different amounts of vaccines consumed by the manufacturer, “the agency said.
According to data published this Thursday, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Lithuania was administered to 143 thousand people. 92 people, both doses – 70 thousand. 853 people.
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