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Why are women adversely affected?
by sjg007 6y ago
Why are women adversely affected?
- graeme 6y agoIf it’s an autoimmune reaction, autoimmune diseases generally are more common in women. That’s not an explanation, of course, I don’t know the reason. But it places this in a larger category.
- novaRom 6y agoYes, new analysis of those deadly issues with AstraZeneca shows it's autoimmunity: https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/vaccine-induced-prothrombotic-immune-thrombocytopenia-vipit-following-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccination/ https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/vaccine-induced...
- thornjm 6y agoMed Student here so possibly wrong but... There is a well established link between oestrogen and increased blood coagulability. Whilst it is possible females are more affected by the vaccine I suspect one factor is that their baseline coagulation risk increases their likelihood of thrombus due “reaction induced coagulability” compared to males.
- ideamotor 6y agoI read there is a bias in the data due to young women being the moat common demographic for nursing jobs.
- jjk166 6y agoCVST normally affects women at significantly higher rates than men. > Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is rare, with an estimated 3-4 cases per million annual incidence in adults. While it may occur in all age groups, it is most common in the third decade. 75% are female. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_venous_sinus_thrombosis#:~:text=Low%20molecular%20weight%20heparin,of%20the%20body%2C%20and%20seizures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_venous_sinus_thrombos....