Worried.....I have my AZ 1st jab tomorrow

[Lou2284]

Hi I'm 36 and have my first jab booked tomorrow. It's the AZ. I'm really worried. I think I'm going to refuse it. I can imagine afterwards I'd be in a state of worry and am thinking it's not worth it. What are you're opinions ? Would you have the AZ ?

@Lou2284
So did you get your vaccine then?

[quote Rainbowsandstorms]@PlanDeRaccordement do you have the link for the information published by the EMA? Is it regularly updated and does it include all AZ doses given, therefore giving an accurate picture broken down by age? Do they have any data released on second doses yet? I’m just awaiting the weekly U.K. gov yellow card update and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the figures for second doses have remained at just one. I wish the U.K. would provide us with details of cases by age too to enable a more informed decision to be made. I’ve had my first dose so I’m really hoping cases after second doses remain rare giving me peace of mind for my second dose.[/quote]
The report is out now and had four cases after the second dose. This still could be the natural incidences of occurrence as I assume your immune system would react first time round, not second! I’ve just had my second and was following this data carefully.

How do you know what one you are having? I don’t want the AZ either. Scared.

I’m a volunteer vaccinator - we are only giving the AZ.

I was put in group 6 because I have a blood clotting gene and my blood clots more than others. Covid is known to cause clots so it made sense for me to have the vaccine to avoid them. This was before the research was published by which time I had already had AZ and I am now due my second jab. I am not going to lie I am nervous about it. But I am still going ahead and I have read up on the signs for a clot are so will just look out for these for 4 weeks.

Does being generally at risk for blood clots mean more likely to get clots from AZ jab? I would not be surprised if they were completely separate, not relevant that someone is already at high risk for clots.

@NalasMate

Does being generally at risk for blood clots mean more likely to get clots from AZ jab? I would not be surprised if they were completely separate, not relevant that someone is already at high risk for clots.

HITT or any other clots with thrombocytopenia seems to have been identified as the main risk factor. Other types of clot have not (if it's more likely to reduce platelets and your issue is too many then it's doing the opposite).

You should read the below to check though, and contact your GP or consultant for advice if you are at all unsure: www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca/information-for-uk-recipients-on-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca.

"There is no evidence that people with a history of blood clots (including deep vein thrombosis, or a clot that leads to a heart attack and stroke) are at increased risk from blood clots caused by the vaccine."

I understand that sentence.
I don't know what HITT or thrombocytopenia are.

@NalasMate - Thrombocytopenia is abnormally low platelets in the blood. HITT is a rare autoimmune response to a fairly commonly used blood thinner called heparin, which causes the same effects of low platelets in the blood because the platelets clotted elsewhere. Tests on people who had this vaccine response seemed to indicate that they may also have the same response to heparin, because it creates these same FP4 antibodies. Whether only people with this heparin response might be affected, or whether the response causes the heparin issue too is unknown.
Heparin is given under lots of names e.g.fragmin, there's a list of common ones here: www.drugs.com/drug-class/heparins.html.

PF4 antibodies, sorry for the typo.