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I went to the emergency room for earth shattering headaches (no history of headaches like this) after getting the J&J vaccine last week. I mentioned I’d got the

by wincy 6y ago

I went to the emergency room for earth shattering headaches (no history of headaches like this) after getting the J&J vaccine last week. I mentioned I’d got the vaccine and asked if it was possible the two were linked. The doctor did everything but actually roll his eyes and thought that the headache being caused by the vaccine was ridiculous. I bet if I went today he wouldn’t be so dismissive.

nawitus 6y ago
That's odd, as headache is a common symptom for many vaccines (or pretty much any medicine).
- autokad 6y ago
  a thunder clap headache is also a symptom of a stroke.
  - lupire 6y ago
    ...which is a kind of blood clot.
cyberlurker 6y ago
Would he somehow check for blood clots? What could that doctor have done?
- pvarangot 6y ago
  Give you blood thinners like aspirin?
- knz 6y ago
  My family history includes some "adventures" with blood clots/PE's. Typically they investigate with multiple tools - a CT scan, a D-Dimer blood test, and often an ultrasound to check blood flow in limbs etc.
- wincy 6y ago
  He did order a CT scan on my head and neck. Luckily no stroke or anything like that.
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tpoacher 6y ago
Actually, I bet he'd be even more dismissive.
AndrewBissell 6y ago
Did you report it to VAERS?
stjohnswarts 6y ago
Did you have a blood clot? Temporal proximity doesn't necessarily mean "cause", usually just a coincidence.
- wincy 6y ago
  I did not, thankfully. I went to a follow up appointment and it seems there are several potential causes so I’m working on figuring out proper therapy with my doctor.