Suara.com – Patients with certain comorbidities or diseases can also be injected with the Covid-19 vaccine. Including patients autoimmunity lupus.
However, there are some things that should be paid more attention to. Internal medicine specialist Prof. Dr. dr. Harry Isbagio, Sp.PD. convey that vaccination is urgently needed autoimmune patient to avoid severe symptoms if infected with Covid-19. Nor did it worsen his lupus condition.
“Autoimmune patients, compared to the general population, are more at risk of contracting Covid-19. The risk of developing severe disease conditions also increases and mortality increases,” said Prof. Harry in the webinar of the Indonesian Rheumatology Association, Tuesday (14/12/2021).
He said, there are at least six things that sufferers need to know autoimmune lupus when will Covid-19 vaccination. Among them:
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- As far as possible in remission or not in relapse.
- Using vaccines with inactivated viruses that are safe and have good efficacy.
- The risk of recurrence in post-vaccination autoimmune is very small.
- Patients need to be monitored post-vaccination for possible anaphylaxis.
- Autoimmune drugs can be continued before and after vaccination, except for corticosteroids which need to be dosed.
- Health protocols to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 are still being carried out even though they have been vaccinated.
“The benefits of vaccinating are greater than the risk of getting Covid-19. The risk of a relapse after vaccination is also very small,” he said.
Recognized Prof. Harry, because the immune system in autoimmune patients has also been compromised, it is possible that the antibodies formed from the vaccine will decline faster than normal people. Therefore, he suggested that autoimmune patients also inject vaccines up to a third or booster dose.
“If it’s normal it can last 6 months. But in autoimmune, because of taking medication, it’s shorter. Maybe only 3 months. It’s also possible that all antibodies don’t form in the blood. So you have to be vaccinated again. antibodies can increase again,” he concluded.
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