COVID-19 vaccine recipients report so-called "COVID arm" symptoms

SOMEONE WHO HAS..YOU MIGHT HAVENOTICED A FEW SIDEEFFECTS..ONE INPARTICULAR--COVIDARM--SEEMS TO BEMOST PREVALENT.OUR NICOLECAMARDA SPOKEWITH AN ALLERGISTWHO SAYS THECOVID ARMREACTION ISCOMPLETELYNORMAL."THE COVID ARM,BASICALLY THIS ISNOT AN UNUSUALREACTION TO THEVACCINE."A RED, SPLOTCHYRASH IS A REACTIONSOME ARE GETTINGAFTER A DOSE OFTHE COVID-19VACCINE.

BUT - THISRASH ALSO KNOWNAS "COVID-ARM" ISNORMAL."IT JUST ISREFLECTING THATWE HAVE A VERYROBUST IMMUNERESPONSE MEANINGYOUR IMMUNESYSTEM ISRECOGNIZING WHATWE IN INJECTED YOUWITH ITS TRYING TORESPOND TO THATVACCINE TOPRODUCE THEANTIBODIES AND TOPROTECT YOUAGAINST WHATEVERYOU'VE BEENINJECTED WITH."THIS HAS BEENSEEN WITH OTHERVACCINES, LIKETETNIS OR THEPNEUMOCOCCALVACCINE..ITSCALLED "DELAYED-TYPEHYPERSENSITIVITYREACTION" BECAUSETHE REACTIONDOESN'T ALWAYSHAPPEN RIGHTAWAY."THE INTERESTINGTHING WITH THECOVID ARM IS THATINSTEAD OF COMINGUP IN A NORMAL TIMEFRAME, NORMALLYWE SEE THIS ALMOSTIMMEDIATELY AFTERTHE VACCINE""THE RASH DIDN'TSTART RIGHT AWAYIT TOOK ABOUT 48HOURS FOR THERASH TO REALLYSTART AND THEN ITDIDN'T GO AWAY FORAT LEAST A WEEK."KIMBERLYCORNMESSER OFKUNA GOT THE"COVID ARM" AFTERHER SECOND DOSEOF THE MODERNAVACCINE."I THOUGHT IT WAS ALITTLE WEIRD BUT IKIND OF BRUSHED ITOFF UNTIL ITSTARTED TO GETPROGRESSIVELYWORSE.

I THINK ITWAS SURPRISEDMOST BY THEITCHING."AFTER ABOUT AWEEK, HER RASHCLEARED UP.

SHESAID ICING THEAFFECTED AREAREALLY HELPED WITHTHE ITCHING ANDPAIN.

BUT IN THELONG-RUN SHESHAPPY SHE GOT THEDOSE."THIS IS NORMALAND FOR ME, THEBENEFITS FAROUTWEIGHED THERISKS."IF YOU DO GET THISSAME REACTION, ITSNOTHING TO WORRYABOUT, AND THEREARE TREATMENTS TORELIEVE SOME PAIN."IF YOU HAVE A LOTOF ITCHING WE USEAN ANTIHISTAMINEFOR ITCHING.

IF YOUHAVE PAIN WE USETYLENOL OR A NONSTEROIDAL.

IF YOURHAVING OTHERDISCOMFORT COOLCOMPRESSES AREVERY HELPFUL ANDTHEN OF COURSETOPICAL STEROIDSALSO HELPDECREASE THESWELLING ANDLOCAL REDNESS."NICOLE CAMARDAIDAHO NEWS 6THE C-D-C HAS ALSOHEARD REPORTS OF"COVID ARM"REACTIONS ANDSAYS IF YOUEXPERIENCE THISAFTER YOUR FIRSTDOSE.

YOU SHOULDSTILL GET THESECOND ONE.A PROVIDER MAYRECOMMENDGETTING THE NEXTDOSE IN THEOPPOSITE ARM - BUT