A nurse draws an agent from a vial of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine in Thornton, Colorado, U.S., March 6.
A Goochland County, Virginia, man had a severe reaction – his skin fell off all over his body – after being injected with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine. Doctors at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine have determined that the rare symptoms were a side effect of the vaccination.
Local Virginia television station WRIC reported on March 30 that Richard Terrell, a 74-year-old resident of the state, received a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on March 6 and had an extremely rare reaction within a few days: a severe rash, followed by pain, redness and swelling, until his skin fell off. until the skin fell off all over his body. He spent five days at VCU Medical Center.
“I started feeling a little uncomfortable in my armpits, and a few days later I started getting an itchy rash, and then I started swelling and my skin turned red.” Terrell told WRIC.
In most cases, people get a rash on their arms (known as the “COVID arm”) after receiving the C.C.V. vaccine, also known as “delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity. hypersensitivity). Basically, this just means a delayed reaction of the skin, which is usually harmless and nothing to worry about. But Terrell’s case was unique in that the allergic skin reaction went far beyond his arms and spread all over his body, including his back and legs.
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“It all happened so fast, my skin peeled off.” Terrell told WRIC that he consulted a dermatologist who sent him straight to the emergency room.
“It was very tingly, burning and itchy. Whenever I bend my arm or leg, places like the inside of my knee, where its skin is swollen, get very painful.” Terrell said he was in the hospital for five days, and his legs, hands and arms swelled up and turned purple, and he was in a lot of pain.
Doctors determined that Terrell’s symptoms were a rare reaction to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
“We ruled out all viral infections (as a possibility), we ruled out COVID-19 itself, we made sure his kidneys and liver were fine, and finally we concluded that the vaccine he received was the culprit.” Fnu Nutan, MD, a dermatologist at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center who treated Terrell, told WRIC.
Nutan said that through careful testing and screening, as well as consulting with colleagues around the world, they have determined that the rare reaction was triggered by the vaccine. Nutan added that this condition in Terrell could be life-threatening if left untreated.
“The skin is the largest organ in the body, and when it gets inflamed like his did, you lose a lot of fluid and electrolytes.” Nutan explained.
Nutan said a report of Terrell’s reaction has been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and that the phenomenon is extremely rare, so VCU’s doctors also plan to submit the case study to a medical journal.
Terrell has now been discharged from the hospital and is recovering at home, but he is still very weak and will take some time to fully recover.
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