If you are one of those who have already had the third and fourth dose of the COVID vaccine, you already know some of the side effects, which varied according to the doses, the first and second were the worst for the vast majority of citizens .
Until 11 September 2022, In Spain, 102,965,566 doses of vaccines were administered against COVID-19, having recorded 80,941 notifications of adverse events. The most frequently reported events remain general disorders (fever and malaise), nervous system (headache and dizziness) and the musculoskeletal system (myalgia and arthralgia).
Main side effects
- Comirnaty: The risk of myocarditis and pericarditis is lower in children aged 5 to 11 years than in children aged 12 to 17 years.
- Spikevax: the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis appears similar after the second and third dose.
- Comirnaty, Spikevax and Vaxzevria: a possible causal relationship between the administration of these vaccines and the rejection of corneal transplants has been excluded.
- Nuvaxovid: myocarditis and pericarditis are identified as possible adverse reactions.
From the Ministry of Health they have divided the greatest risks by vaccine. Comirnaty is the Pfizer vaccine. Spikevax is Moderna’s vaccine. Vaxzevria is AstraZeneca’s vaccine. Nuvaxovid is the Novavax vaccine. The latest approved COVID vaccine, Valneva, from Austria, does not appear in this analysis.
To communicate data, it is not enough to complain at home or at work, you have to communicate it to the administration through a form, the same mechanism used to communicate when a drug makes you feel bad, through a doctor or nurse who takes notes for statistics and health reports. each dose.
The Spanish System of Pharmacovigilance of Medicinal Products for Human Use (SEFV-H), established by the Autonomous Pharmacovigilance Centres and coordinated by the Spanish Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency (AEMPS), continuously evaluates suspected adverse reactions reported in Spain with all authorized medicines, including vaccines.
As of September 11, 2022, a total of 80,941 reports of adverse events, which would correspond to 79 notifications for every 100,000 doses administered. 65% were communicated by health professionals and 35% by citizens. Most of the reports concern women (73%) and people aged between 18 and 65 (87%).
Of the 80,941 reports of adverse events13,627 were considered serious. Of the 13,627 reports of serious adverse events received as of September 11, 2022, 467 presented a fatal outcome. In Spain, according to INE data, around 1,386 people die every day from various causes. Of these, 87% are 65 years of age or older and 74% are 75 years of age or older.
In the vast majority of reported cases where there is information about the medical history and concomitant medications, death can be explained by the patient’s previous clinical situation or by other treatments he was taking and the causes of death are different, without presenting a homogeneous picture.
As a general rule, in both adults and children, the most common symptoms after vaccination the doses administered were feverish, headache, malaise, vomiting, diarrhea, urticaria, fatigue, abdominal pain, dizziness, chills, joint pain, even dyspnoea…
