Covid vaccination

[Harrisgran1]

Hi everyone 🥰 not posted for a while I have had my first vaccination 2 weeks ago and took a reaction 😢like a mosquito bite with a red hot lump and circle It was Pfizer , I have sle and take rituximab infusions and have been left with which feels like a lump at the vaccination spot I’m wondering if anyone else had this , telephone consultation with gp and was told it was normal 🙈

[Hayleyrose28]

Hi

I’ve got my Covid vaccine on Thursday so can’t specifically talk about that one, but I did get almost the exact same reaction to my flu jab in September as your picture shows. I just kept a close eye on it, but it did take roughly 3-4 weeks for the redness and swelling to go down completely. If it’s making you feel really unwell then perhaps ring 111 for advice

I figured it’s the autoimmune reaction, and having lupus it looks quite exasperated on our skin. X

[Harrisgran1 in reply to Hayleyrose28]

Thanks hayleyrose I’m sure the lupus does cause my body to react differently from everyone else x

[miccika1 in reply to Harrisgran1]

I have seen pictures of similar reaction from regular people from moderna vaccine and it was deemed harmless. Hope it goes away soon!

[WinterSwimmer]

I have had this in the past with a flu vaccine. Not recently though. I have SLE and take mycophenolate and hydroxychloroquine. The lump eventually went away on its own.

[Shelltay]

Hi I have had a reaction in the past to the flu jab exactly the same , I had to sit with ice cubes on it for a few hours it was that hot & swollen.. it disappeared a day later , the nurse said it was a common reaction and nothing concerning , I haven’t had the Covid injection yet