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4000 women report period problems following vaccine

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WineGetsMeThroughIt · 20/06/2021 13:08

I've just seen this on my Apple News but can't view it as I don't have a premium subscription. Has anyone read the full article? Is there someone similar that this information has been published? I'm really interested in what it says and what is going to be done - if anything?

4000 women report period problems following vaccine
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TruelyonelastSchlep · 20/06/2021 22:41

@Haenow

Yep I should have put the word possible with the words side effects. My bag. However it is a known thing happening and being investigated. So people are aware. Once research is finished it will get added to the list of side effects etc.

It has been in the media. I give you more links

www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-19-vaccine-affect-period_l_6086d4f9e4b09a22a4456632

www.bbc.com/news/health-56901353

It has been on mumsnet. Again I can give you more links.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4238392-Periods-and-the-covid-vaccine

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4169932-Menstrual-changes-after-AZ-vaccine

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4191457-vaccine-and-periods

A SAGE member has also previously given an interview explaining why some vaccines can cause this. Saying it rights itself fairly quickly. Also shouldn't affect fertility.

Dustyboots · 20/06/2021 22:51

I watched a video with one of the inventors of mRNA technology, in which a Japanese scientific paper was referenced showing that 48 hours post Pfizer vaccination, ovaries are the site of highest level of accumulation of the lipid nanoparticles used to encapsulate the RNA in the vaccine. This apparently was completely unexpected, and he said quite concerning.

Sorry - I know this was posted earlier on in the thread - but I'm just working through it now.

When people talk about long term effects and say there can't be any with vaccines - well - this stands out to me as a possible long term problem - fertility being affected, ovarian cancer etc ... Surely?

Friedbanana · 20/06/2021 23:16

Had my first vaccine last Wednesday and got my first period since November today, I haven’t had a period since last May (I’m 28 years old, doctors did blood and all normal apparently, still no idea why I haven’t had periods but happy to have one!)

Friedbanana · 20/06/2021 23:17

Sorry, apart from the one in november I haven’t had one since last may!

WaverleyPirate · 20/06/2021 23:28

It was weird for me to get a period after going through menopause over 4 years ago.

The only thing that was different was that I had first AZ vaccine two weeks before. Reported it via yellow card system. Got checked out. Doctors and specialists had not heard of a link. I still think it was linked.

Nothing after second vaccine so far.

Theonlyoneiknow · 20/06/2021 23:30

Last period was March, Pfizer first jab was April - no period for 3 months. Am perimenopausal but it has never been this long before.

Shallysally · 20/06/2021 23:39

I had second jab in April, have been post menopausal for two years. This week I have had a mini period. Not spotting, very light bleeding over three days.

I’ve been checked out earlier this year for bleeding so pretty sure it’s nothing related to that as all was fine.

I’ll report it on yellow card system.

DumpedByText · 21/06/2021 00:09

Two women I know have has issues post vaccine. One close friend, no periods for 12 months, thought she was through menopause, has vaccine and two days later periods start up again.

Another colleague had vaccine and is flooding everytime she has her period, she said she has always been light before.

I've had a hysterectomy so can't comment, but it is worrying.

Cindy974 · 21/06/2021 00:33

@Dustyboots

I watched a video with one of the inventors of mRNA technology, in which a Japanese scientific paper was referenced showing that 48 hours post Pfizer vaccination, ovaries are the site of highest level of accumulation of the lipid nanoparticles used to encapsulate the RNA in the vaccine. This apparently was completely unexpected, and he said quite concerning.

Sorry - I know this was posted earlier on in the thread - but I'm just working through it now.

When people talk about long term effects and say there can't be any with vaccines - well - this stands out to me as a possible long term problem - fertility being affected, ovarian cancer etc ... Surely?

This is a snippet taken from an hour long podcast with Dr Robert Malone who is the inventor of mRNA vaccine technology

anon666 · 21/06/2021 00:48

This is so weird because I have always been regular as clockwork, 28 days. It was 28 days to the hour until about 43 yo. Then to be fair, peri-menopause made my cycles fluctuate in length a little, and also at ~40yo they went heavier and then have lightened off, now 47.

Had Astra Zeneca on 14th April ish. Normally I get huge pain around ovulation, there is no missing it.
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hTe next period would have been two weeks later, but instead I had tiny bit of spotting for 3-4 days. Then it stopped. Then 3- days later a period started, which lasted 10 days.

Thought it as the menopause for the first week or so, before it became obvious it was a late period.

SSorry for weird spellings, some kind of gremlins have then over my blessed phone and I can't be bothered to keep correcting t10 timesover

Unikko · 21/06/2021 09:49

I had ovulation bleeding for the first time ever. Am planning to TTC, went to doctor who was very dismissive.

Thecatsawinner · 21/06/2021 09:52

My regular periods stopped after my first dose. Had my second on Saturday, mentioned it to doctor he said to report it. I’m going to do so. It was AZ. I’m 46 so not bothered tbh but if I was TTC I would be panicking

Sunbird24 · 21/06/2021 10:00

I’m TTC through IVF, have to time my embryo transfer to fit with ovulation for optimal implanting conditions. I had my first AZ on CD3, didn’t ovulate at all that month, and AF showed up a week early. That’s the first time since I started the process a year ago that I’ve not ovulated (except for the all too brief periods where I was actually pregnant) but the next cycle was back to normal. If I’d not been LH testing like sn obsessed woman I’d have just thought AF was early, which in itself would have been unusual. I reported via yellow card

DolphinBlue1 · 21/06/2021 10:20

Had my first dose of AZ at start of March, no period came when my second dose came around at end of April. Had what I though was a period in May but not come on yet in June. It's so annoying as I'm currently TTC and I can't track anything. I rang my doctors who told me to wait another couple of months then ring back if still nothing. I assume this is all linked to my vaccine!

randomlyLostInWales · 21/06/2021 10:21

I've never had a vaccine effect my cycle before - and I was fine after first AZ jab.

Second AZ seems to have made me about a week late - but I'm 44 having some perimenopause symptoms starting and second teen started her cycle recently - so could all be that adjusting rather than AZ.

I can image it's hard to work out of it's certain point in cycle getting jab or just more awareness of background noise - but it does sound like it's being studied.

Witchesbelazy · 21/06/2021 10:38

I’m not pre menopausal and haven’t reported as I didn’t think I’d be taken seriously it’s not just pre menopausal women experiencing changes

WineGetsMeThroughIt · 21/06/2021 10:48

I've just watched that podcast video that's been shown. Very very worrying, especially about the reproductive issues that may come generations down the line as they said they don't always show up in the first generation.

I wish that the effect on periods and other side effects were talked about more in the news so that people were even aware of them and that they should report them. I feel like now this is being purposefully silenced because it's not a side effect resulting in death and and they're not wanting to worry people and put them off getting the vaccine. If more people knew that what they were experiencing was a side effect of the vaccine then more people would be reporting it but they're not

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Cindy974 · 21/06/2021 11:17

I agree very worrying indeed. The original podcast is actually a couple of hours long and they have a very detailed discussion with their concerns, but of course YouTube have removed it.
What I find most worrying is the censorship that is taking place and the lack of reporting on MSM, but if it doesn’t fit the narrative its dismissed as “false information”.
Ive seen lots of women speaking out on social media in regards to the effects on their period, definitely more than 4000.

WineGetsMeThroughIt · 21/06/2021 11:53

@Cindy974

I agree very worrying indeed. The original podcast is actually a couple of hours long and they have a very detailed discussion with their concerns, but of course YouTube have removed it. What I find most worrying is the censorship that is taking place and the lack of reporting on MSM, but if it doesn’t fit the narrative its dismissed as “false information”. Ive seen lots of women speaking out on social media in regards to the effects on their period, definitely more than 4000.

Do you know if there's somewhere to listen to the full podcast?

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ChateauMargaux · 21/06/2021 13:21

If the 4,000 adverse reactions out of 10,000,000 vaccinated people (ie 1 in 2,500) quoted above were found to be representative of the risks associated with the vaccine, then this could be enough to trigger a change if the the side effects were deemed to be sufficiently serious.

At present there is not enough evidence to suggest this but it is worth remembering Pandemrix (Swine Flu vaccine) which seemed to increase the risk of narcolepsy by 1 in 18,500 doses. The number of cases involved with in double figures in a number of countries but it led to fact that the manufacturers failing to request a renewal for the licence and it's approval is only valid when an H1N1 pandemic is officially declared.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemrix#Narcolepsy (there is plenty of other information on this vaccine .. though the manufactures continue to dispute the link)

It could be... that the vaccines in question are only approved during the pandemic and when the risks associated with circulating COVID19 decrease, that the benefits of these vaccines do not outweigh the potential risks of hormonal disruption.

We don't know yet... but we should not ignore it.

And it is always worth remembering that side effects are generally believed to be under reported.. one study showed that 8.5% of the general public were aware of the Yellow Card Reporting System in the UK and another reviewed 37 studies in 12 countries and calculated that severe adverse drug reactions were underreported by 80% and adverse drug reactions by up to 95%.

Roonerspismed · 21/06/2021 13:24

That interview above is chilling. This is my fear - the long term accumulation of nano particles. I tried to find previous studies on it and couldn’t. Surely all these regulators have thought about this? I think one rat study was done but it was small. I am utterly terrified at what the west is doing to its young people

strangeshapedpotato · 21/06/2021 13:36

@Roonerspismed

That interview above is chilling. This is my fear - the long term accumulation of nano particles. I tried to find previous studies on it and couldn’t. Surely all these regulators have thought about this? I think one rat study was done but it was small. I am utterly terrified at what the west is doing to its young people
There aren't any studies because it's complete and utter garbage, spread by a conspiracy theory/anti-vax site.
Roonerspismed · 21/06/2021 13:41

So you are agreeing no one has studied accumulation of lipid nanoparticles in the body after injection?

I couldn’t see the studies. I looked on various fact checked items regarding the same but it just related to the conspiracy side of things.

I’m not talking about 5G or magnets; I want to see the studies about how nanoparticles leave the body and when, if they don’t then is behind the heart inflammation and period issues?

strangeshapedpotato · 21/06/2021 13:44

@ChateauMargaux

If the 4,000 adverse reactions out of 10,000,000 vaccinated people (ie 1 in 2,500) quoted above were found to be representative of the risks associated with the vaccine, then this could be enough to trigger a change if the the side effects were deemed to be sufficiently serious.

At present there is not enough evidence to suggest this but it is worth remembering Pandemrix (Swine Flu vaccine) which seemed to increase the risk of narcolepsy by 1 in 18,500 doses. The number of cases involved with in double figures in a number of countries but it led to fact that the manufacturers failing to request a renewal for the licence and it's approval is only valid when an H1N1 pandemic is officially declared.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemrix#Narcolepsy (there is plenty of other information on this vaccine .. though the manufactures continue to dispute the link)

It could be... that the vaccines in question are only approved during the pandemic and when the risks associated with circulating COVID19 decrease, that the benefits of these vaccines do not outweigh the potential risks of hormonal disruption.

We don't know yet... but we should not ignore it.

And it is always worth remembering that side effects are generally believed to be under reported.. one study showed that 8.5% of the general public were aware of the Yellow Card Reporting System in the UK and another reviewed 37 studies in 12 countries and calculated that severe adverse drug reactions were underreported by 80% and adverse drug reactions by up to 95%.

So firstly, Pandemrix was never actually put through testing - it was rushed out due to the perceived dangers of an epidemic that then failed to materialise.

Secondly, only a handful of people globally reported any issues.

Thirdly - in the article you quote, it clearly states that it's believed the risk from the virus of causing narcolepsy was likely to outweigh the risk from the vaccine.

As with all these things, if you look hard enough, you find things. But if you ONLY look in one direction, then you don't get a balanced view of the risks.