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AIBU?

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To say DH needs to see a GP ASAP?

6 replies

TinaTeaspoons · 08/10/2023 14:41

Dh is 39 and got 2 autoimmune conditions, rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis.
He has always had no problems with his covid jabs. Until this last one. He had it done on Thursday. Since then, he has been suffering with severe headaches, sensitivity to touch around his head and eyes, chills, sweats and bad fatigue to the point where getting up off the bed is an effort.
He thinks it's because he's taken too many meds on the day what with his ongoing meds, paracetamol and then the covid jab. He calculated that it was probably around 15 tablets alongside the jab as it fell on the one day he took his RA meds. However, he seems really out of it and I am concerned. Aibu to say that at this point he needs to see a GP?

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Proudfootballmum · 08/10/2023 14:45

Yes absolutely! Better safe than sorry! X

HappyAsASandboy · 08/10/2023 14:46

Having personally known one of the people given severe neurological issues by the initial AstraZeneca jab, I would say he absolutely should get checked out. I would A&E today if his headache is still "severe" as is class it as an emergency.

Choconuttolata · 08/10/2023 14:47

Yes with severe headaches he does need medical assessment. You could use the 111 symptom checker too to help convince him.

https://111.nhs.uk/triage/check-your-symptoms

Check your symptoms - NHS 111

https://111.nhs.uk/triage/check-your-symptoms

PunjabiGirl · 08/10/2023 14:52

I think so, just to make sure he's OK, keep trying to convince him if you can.

Caerulea · 08/10/2023 14:52

Tell him if he won't do it, you'll ring for him like he's 5 years old. Had to do this for hubby on 111, he wouldn't ring so I did. Turned out he had a serious lung infection so good job I was a pita about it. Be a pita about it!

Londontown12 · 08/10/2023 15:18

Yes get him checked out at A&E and I thought it’s usually advised to skip arthritis meds when u have covid jabs ? That’s what I do I miss the methotrexate and take it a week after x

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