JAKARTA, HARIANHALUAN.COM – Vaccination for COVID-19 can trigger an allergic reaction? It turns out that in some cases allergic reactions have occurred during the vaccine. Because the type of vaccine and its substance or ingredient is still new, it is not possible to detect the risk of allergies before injecting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Quoted from detikcom, this was conveyed by an allergy and immunologist Prof. Dr. dr Iris Rengganis, SpPD-KAI. With the content of the vaccine that is still relatively new, a history of certain drug allergies cannot be used as a benchmark for predicting the risk of a COVID-19 vaccine allergy.
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This means that no one has ever tried and experienced a reaction, except for people who have had their first dose of injection.
Due to its new and different substance, allergic reactions to this new vaccine cannot be compared and equated with allergic reactions to other drugs. Therefore, people who have a history of allergies to any drugs are still allowed to receive COVID-19 vaccine injections.
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“Indeed, if people are allergic to certain drugs, getting a vaccine (COVID-19) is okay, but it must be monitored. Because the ingredients are different,” explained Prof. Iris when contacted by detik.com, Saturday (27/2/2021).
“People sometimes immediately say ‘they can’t vaccinate’ for fear of having a lot of allergies,” he continued.
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The only way to detect an allergic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine is to receive the first dose of injection. Therefore, people who experience an allergic reaction after being injected with the COVID-19 vaccine dose 1 are not allowed to receive the second dose.
“Allergy to the ingredients in the vaccine can not be known because this is (injection of dose 1) for the first time. But the second dose, only can. For food, dust, it can be tested. But if this vaccine has never been, so we can’t know, “he added.
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He said that so far the allergies that were found from the COVID-19 vaccination were mild to moderate symptoms, such as developing bumps in the body.
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