DS reaction to the PFizer caused by anxiety and not the jab

[Jenasaurus]

My poor DS has been working himself up over having the vaccine since he was booked in a week ago to have it today. He isnt anti vax but he is terrified of needles, He is 31 so not a child but bless him he has just had it and messaged me what happened at the surgery.

He basically was in a sweat and panic wating his turn and gave his allergy information to the vaccinator, he has hayfever and had a very bad allergic reaction to chlorine whilst on holiday. Anyway he had the jab and then as he was walking away to sit for the 15 minutes, he was perspiring heavily and passed out, the nurse rushed out an jabbed him in the leg with an epipen.

He called me to say he came round to find all the patients crowding round him and the nurse leaning over him with a yellow tube in his leg (epipen I think). I asked him if he thinks he had a reaction to the vaccine and he said, "no I was just in such a state because of the needle and ended up having 2 needles with the one in his leg as well!" His GF is treating him to a cake now in a local cafe.

I hadnt really thought about needlephobic people and there reasons for not wanting it, he went through with it but he was so scared and the result was this.

Hi Jenasaurus did you ask your Son to clarify what actually happened?

Bless him. The exact thing happened to me with my Pfizer as I'm not great with needles. I thought I'd done well til I woke up on the floor. dh was sat in front luckily and heard me drop my phone, turned to look and saw my eyes rolling back in my head. He grabbed me before I fell off the chair. The ppl didnt notice til he did. Had mine last sat and I'm still not quite myself.

I feel it's likely the nurse must have observed other symptoms to have used the epipen, such as redness or swelling. They know what they're doing.

LuckyWookie except the OP's Son believes he was injected with adrenaline (despite thinking he simply fainted and did not have an allergic reaction) and then went off for cake (with no follow up which would normally be necessary after the adrenaline wore off) !

@tulips27

I feel it's likely the nurse must have observed other symptoms to have used the epipen, such as redness or swelling. They know what they're doing.

Redness or swelling of an injection site is not anaphylaxis. So either the sons exaggerating , the nurse is incompetent, or his symptoms were very different.

A sudden drop in blood pressure
Hives
Nausea and vomiting
Shortness of breath
Swelling around the eyes and the mouth
Tingling and itching around the mouth
Weak and rapid pulse.

Hives on its own wouldn't necessarily need treatment. Anything affecting the airway and a change in vital signs does.

Sounds like just regular fainting after injections to me. Happened to me a few times at school and at a bad dentist. There's a medical name for it, vasovagal syncope.

With the history of anaphylaxis the staff made the wrong assumption I reckon.