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AstraZenica & risk of blood clots with inflammatory conditions.

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metro.co.uk/2021/04/07/anyo...

I've already had my first jab, I receive the second very soon. This article gives information on how to spot signs of a blood clot as it's come out most of us with inflammatory conditions are at risk of developing them.

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Hessie5

Thanks for sharing

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LoneEra

Thanks for sharing. Useful info and good to be aware of the signs. But I think it’s slightly misleading to say that “most of us with inflammatory conditions are at risk of developing them.”

The article states that the chances of someone with an inflammatory condition developing a blot clot are potentially marginally higher than a healthy person.

The stats are still incredibly low - and no-one has developed a clot from their second jab, only the first. So please don’t worry too much! x

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LoneEra

Here’s a reply a posted on another thread (healthunlocked.com/nras/pos... that might be useful from a stats perspective about blood clots:

“Is it the blood clot reports that are concerning you? It's understandable if so, given how certain newspapers have reported on it. But here are a few stats:

The risk of this type of rare blood clot works out at one in 250,000, or 0.0004%

But....

• Pulmonary embolism, or clotting on the lungs, occurs in 7.8% of people who have COVID-19

• Deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or clotting in the legs, occurs in 11.2% of people who have COVID-19

• Of those who have COVID-19 and end up in an intensive therapy unit (ITU), 23% will have some form of clot

• COVID-19 causes strokes in 1.6% of people

• Up to 30% of people who have COVID-19 will get thrombocytopenia, which is a lowering of the platelet count.

Source: news.sky.com/story/covid-19...

If it's the side effects that are off-putting, I did have some - I felt rubbish for a couple of weeks to be totally honest. But I'm very happy I had the vaccine and will go back for my second dose.

Don't worry - get protected xx”

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allanah

Thanks for the signs Sarah x

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