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AstraZeneca and dizziness, a report from the field:
https://twitter.com/moebius_strip/status/1390789949214007296 9 days since I've had my first dose of AstraZeneca, and I'm still experiencing a bit of dizziness. This only mildly annoying but moderately concerning: not enough to hoof it to the ER, but enough to call 811 and ask a nurse if I should hoof it to the ER.
I told the nurse that I'd been vaccinated just over a week ago, and experienced severe dizziness in the immediate aftermath, and mild dizziness since. Was this something I should be worrying about, I asked?
Of course, the question on the mind of every uncomfortable, recently-AstraZeneca'd person is, could this be blood clots? The nurse ran through the questions: have I been feeling severe headaches, leg swelling, blurred vision? I answered: no, no, and no.
The nurse told me that it was very unlikely I was suffering from blood clots, but that she was still concerned, because British Columbia has NO INFORMATION about dizziness as a vaccine side effect. It's not even listed. https://immunizebc.ca/ask-us/questions/what-are-common-side-effects-covid-19-vaccine-if-i-have-side-effect-do-i-need#:~:text=Tiredness%2C%20headache%2C%20fever%2C%20chills,joint%20soreness%2C%20nausea%20and%20vomiting.
She told me that due to the lack of information, she couldn't tell that my symptoms were serious, but that she couldn't tell me that they weren't serious. She advised me to get them checked.
Me: you mean if they get worse? Or now?
Nurse: within the hour.
Me:
Me: you mean if they get worse? Or now?
Nurse: within the hour.
Me:
(I'm going to spoil the ending of this thread now, because my intention isn't to induce in my followers the stress I've been experiencing over this. tl;dr: I'm back from the hospital and am basically fine, as far as anyone could tell after 4 hours and several tests.)
Hospital time! Did you know that if you present to the hospital with unexplained dizziness 9 days after getting vaccinated, you get triaged? I got triaged! Blood pressure was high-for-me but not wheel-me-into-the-ER-on-a-stretcher high. Probably just stress, was the feeling.
