According to a report, a health worker in Alaska was hospitalized after suffering a severe allergic reaction to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
The New York Times reported the person allegedly suffered an anaphylactic reaction after receiving the vaccine on Tuesday at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. The middle-age person, who had no history of allergies, experienced shortness of breath and flushing, the outlet noted.
Dr. Lindy Jones, the hospital's emergency medical director, said the worker was treated with epinephrine and is now in stable condition.
“She is healthy and she is doing well,” Dr. Jones said.
U.S. officials are looking further into the case, per the New York Times.
On December 15, the new vaccine was released in 50 states.
Previously, a nurse who participated in the Pfizer vaccine trial said her side effects were so alarming she thought she had COVID-19. However, she explains that she felt getting the shot was worth it anyway.
Kristen Choi, a nurse who participated in a trial of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, said she felt fatigued, nausea and had a high fever after her second shot.
When the nurse received her first shot, she didn’t experience side effects but had a sore arm. As a nurse, she knew that her reaction meant that the vaccine went into her immune system and was doing its job.
However, her fever worsened and spiked to 104.9 degrees, and that’s when she started to feel anxious.
“After months of all of us screening ourselves for fever as a signal of COVID, I think it was a little alarming at first to find myself with a fever like that,” Choi said. “Once I stepped back and thought about it, probably a few minutes later, it occurred to me that this is actually something that happens quite frequently with vaccines.”
Choi instantly called the research office, and officials said it was common to experience the side effects. The next morning the nurse said that she took some Tylenol and drank some water. All of her side effects were gone the next day.
Even after having a difficult time, Choi said it was worth it to develop immunity against COVID-19.
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