Since the coronavirus came into our lives last March 2020, when the pandemic was decreed, we have been learning about the different symptoms caused by the disease and that can last for several months, such as fatigue, shortness of breath, or fever. Likewise, the vaccines created against the clock against Covid-19 has also manifested adverse effects such as arm discomfort or general malaise.
Meanwhile, researchers continue investigating about new effects that arise, both from the virus itself and from the vaccine. One of the internists at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota (USA), Gregory Poland, noticed some ringing in his ears when receiving the second covid vaccine. the buzz was so intense, that it was close to causing a car accident.
Relationship between tinnitus and the vaccine
As Dr. Poland recounted, “It sounded like someone had picked up a whistle and out of nowhere would have started blowing it in the ear“, something that he defends that had not happened to him before, he assured the medical journal ‘MedPage Today‘. The expert, one of the leading researchers in the world and, at the same time, he is editor-in-chief of the medical journal ‘Vaccine’, maintains that the buzz is related to the covid vaccine.
However, others experts defend that there is no relationship between tinnitus and the vaccine, although there are others who consider that it should be research more on the matter.
Big pharma establishes it as a possible effect
Among some of the pharmaceutical most important that have developed a vaccine against covid they find each other Johnson & Johnson (Jansen en España), AstraZeneca or Novavax. The first, included it as possible effect on your US vaccine fact sheet. in February 2021. On the other hand, the European Medicines Agency included in July 2022 in its list of effects the buzz derived from the vaccine of AstraZeneca.
Later, on January 27 of this year, Australia added tinnitus to the list of effects of Novavax as a possible adverse evento.
Sixteen thousand cases in the United States
In the North American country, around 16,000 cases of tinnitus as a result of the virus vaccine. Some of them noticed the symptoms To the days of the ‘puncture’ and others in the following weeks. “We are aware that this is happening, but the tinnitus is a very common condition that has many causes and many risk factors.or,” said Martha Sharan, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Tinnitus in Spain
According to Madrid Association of People Affected by Tinnitusthis condition affects 3.5 million people in our countryof which the 66% suffer from it in men and the remaining 34% in womenThe Association points out that it especially affects people older than 40 years (78%) and the time when It manifests itself is from the age of 45s.
