COVID-19 Vaccines ‘May Trigger’ Rheumatic Inflammatory Diseases: Study

On average, patients developed rheumatic diseases 11 days after vaccine administration, according to the study.
COVID-19 Vaccines ‘May Trigger’ Rheumatic Inflammatory Diseases: Study
A health worker uses a needle and a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to prepare a dose at a vaccination health centre in a file photo. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images
Marina Zhang
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A new review suggests that COVID vaccines “may trigger” rheumatic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, including arthritis, vasculitis, lupus, and adult-onset Still’s disease.

On average, patients developed rheumatic diseases 11 days after vaccine administration, according to the study. Seventy-five (over 27 percent) of these patients experienced total disease remission, and about 50 percent improved following treatment. Eight were admitted to intensive care, and two died from their symptoms.

Marina Zhang
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health writer for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She mainly covers stories on COVID-19 and the healthcare system and has a bachelors in biomedicine from The University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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