Fainted post vaccine- driving? Blood clot?

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I absolutely am glad to have had my booster and will have the next one, should I be called to.

This is a more general worry!

I fainted this morning- first time ever. Booster yesterday at noon. I've reported via the yellow card site.

DS1 wants me to ring the doctor in case of a blood clot. 111 online says call GP today or tomorrow, but had no option to add it was vaccine related.

GP isn't answering the phone at the moment as they are too busy.

I feel fine, bar some bruises- though am having a slow day just in case. Do I really need to ring to GP? Someone mentioned losing my driving license for 6 months 😱😱. Obviously I won't drive until I'm confident I'm feeling fine.

Ok, Breathe! Start with trying to speak to your GP or NHS 111. Worth getting some advice but not working yourself into worry over it.

If you can't get hold of your GP I would talk to 111. I don't think fainting is a symptom of a blood clot anyway, and it's probably just one of those things with no relationship to the vaccine, but people on here can't know for sure.

A one off faint won’t cause you to lose your driving licence (am unfortunately a veteran of fainting multiple times and I did lose my licence). I’d definitely keep trying to get through to your GP. They’ll ask you questions to determine whether the cause of the faint might have been fairly benign (dehydration usually), or indication of something more serious. Or a vaccine side effect.

The good news is that fainting is actually pretty common and usually benign. But given it’s your first ever, I’d get done GP advice. In the meantime, keep drinking lots of water in case it was dehydration (and there’s no disadvantage to drinking water even if it wasn’t).

Thank you all!
I'm treating it like migraine, with medicinal cola, bread and jam- because I feel a bit flat like after a migraine.

I'll call the GP later when they are less busy. I'm absolutely sure it's vaccine related, though of course I have no evidence! I was suddenly hot, clammy and nauseous. I sat down to rest, luckily. Then I found myself lying on a freezing cold kitchen floor. I have a couple of sore spots, but must have gone down quite gently

If it was vaccine related it would have happened within the 15 minutes they keep you in after the jab. Not a symptom of blood clot. But you should mention it to the GP or 111.

Not a covid vaccine, but I fainted the day after my pneumonia vaccine a few weeks ago. I've only fainted a couple of times in my life previously (both a long time ago). I was a bit lightheaded and sorry for myself for a day or two but I'm fine now. I put it down to the vaccination (I've had my booster since and was fine).

I would be surprised if it’s a clot, as clot symptoms are different and you are likely to have something more significant than just one odd faint.
A friend of mine (male) did faint after the jab. He is repeatedly teased by his mates now. Which is a bit nasty.
Google vasovagal syncope for instance. But by no means, inform your GP (just to be on the safe side)

Fainting isn't a symptom of a blood clot. I've had them. It is a symptom of anaemia. Is your iron likely to be low? It could be booster related but could also be something unrelated. I have also fainted when I have a migraine. Could it be that as you've mentioned having migraines?

I was suddenly hot, clammy and nauseous.

I had those exact symptoms combined with fainting, once or twice during my first trimester of both my pregnancies, with no particular cause, I assume it was just due to the changes in my body. Like Onegingerhead mentions, it was vasovagal syncope. That can have all sorts of weird triggers and I think it would definitely make sense to happen after medical procedures like blood tests or vaccination.

Vasovagal syncope if due to the jab would happen staright away. It's unlikely to be connected so far afterwards. Correlation not causation.

I felt a bit woozy, almost drunk a few hours after my booster, lasted a couple of hours. I didn't drive because I felt like this (my dp drove us home). The good news is I have been fine since

That's all interesting, thank you. No migraine at the moment, just a slightly weird feeling.

No fainting here but a definite detached and woozy feeling and nausea the day after. I hope you're soon better

@PurplePumpkinDream

If it was vaccine related it would have happened within the 15 minutes they keep you in after the jab. Not a symptom of blood clot. But you should mention it to the GP or 111.

Not true. Some adverse effects don't even start before the first 12 or 24 hours. Fainting can occur right after the jab, when there is an allergic reaction, but there are other kind of faintings, a day or more after the vaccine, because of a vestibular reaction.

vestibular.org/forum/dizziness/covid-19-vaccine-side-effects/paged/307/

www.physiofitnc.com/why-do-i-have-dizziness-after-covid-19-vaccine/

As for blood clots, the guidance is to watch for new symptoms 4-5 days after the jab and up to 20 days (headache, blurred vision, breathlessness, chest pain, stomach ache, bruises, leg pain or swelling).

This happened to my friend, same day as booster jab. Hospital said they’d seen quite a few with the same. Definitely call doctors.