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Yeah, I think data on this would be hard to get. A tangential anecdote... I took a Pfizer COVID booster vaccine and saw my heart rate go up to resting above 10
by muzani 2y ago
Yeah, I think data on this would be hard to get.
A tangential anecdote... I took a Pfizer COVID booster vaccine and saw my heart rate go up to resting above 100 on my calorie tracker watch. I talked with my doctor about this. He said he stayed away from the COVID boosters because they weren't a good balance of risk vs safety. I asked him whether high resting heart rates were a side effect. He said, no, there's no data for that, but there is data that it has an impact on heart rates.
I said, if there's no data, that means the vaccine isn't the source? He said, no, there's no data because I didn't report it.
- SoftTalker 2y ago> I took a Pfizer COVID booster vaccine and saw my heart rate go up to resting above 100 Temporarily or permanently?
- zdragnar 2y agoMy brother has this permanently, though whether a delayed reaction to the booster or from when he got COVID itself (a relatively mild case) not long after, there's no way to know. It has been a major detriment to his day to day life though. Any physically involved hobbies are impossible; just walking up a flight or two of stairs now leaves him completely winded for several minutes, as his heart rate also takes longer to come back to resting than before. Would not recommend.
- im3w1l 2y agoMaybe it's running at high rate to compensate for some issue? An issue that could be found and resolved?
- zdragnar 2y agoHe's seen all the specialists. I think they ultimately came down on neurological damage, and tried a battery of drugs until they found some that slightly mitigated the problem. Last we talked about it, though, it hasn't been fully resolved.
- scotty79 2y agoThat sounds like a relatively common Covid side effect.
- ipaddr 2y ago[flagged]
- tambourine_man 2y agoThe amount of antivax shit that floats around in a supposedly well informed community such as this is nauseating. Makes me lose my faith in humanity a bit every time I read it.
- mrguyorama 2y agoBelieving HN to be a "supposedly well informed community" is irrational. I didn't have to fill out any test to join. It's just orange reddit
- tambourine_man 2y agoI like to think there’s better self-selection and moderation here, but I’ve been prone to self-delusion before.
- mike_ivanov 2y agoI'm being asked on a regular basis by various health practitioners (pretty much on every visit) if I ever had uneven or elevated heart rate after my covid shots (I had), then they take note which specific vaccine brand I had. So - adjust your priors ;-)
- tambourine_man 2y agoI have, one of the few positives side effects of the pandemic is realizing how terrible most health professionals are. “They are a doctor” comes with a whole different set of priors to me now.
- muzani 2y agoTemporary, but it wasn't clear at the time
- zdragnar 2y agoDo you mind if I ask how long it took to clear up?
- op00to 2y agoYour heart rate increases in response to immune system activation. Like if you catch a cold or get a vaccine. Your doctor sounds like a quack.
- tambourine_man 2y agoThat doctor of yours should have their license revoked.
- muzani 2y agoThankfully in this country, we don't revoke licenses for telling people to submit health data.
- tambourine_man 2y agoI don’t know or care which country you’re in, but advising patients against vaccines is a license-losing offense in most of the civilized world. And that’s only the mildest of consequences, you’d be facing criminal charges as well in most countries.
- throwaway3306a 2y ago[flagged]
- mike_ivanov 2y agohttps://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/vaccination-children/safety-concerns-side-effects.html#a5 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/vaccination-... Come arrest us.
- muzani 2y agoInformed consent is a principle in medical ethics, medical law and media studies, that a patient must have sufficient information and understanding before making decisions about their medical care. Pertinent information may include risks and benefits of treatments, alternative treatments, the patient's role in treatment, and their right to refuse treatment. In most systems, healthcare providers have a legal and ethical responsibility to ensure that a patient's consent is informed. This principle applies more broadly than healthcare intervention, for example to conduct research and to disclose a person's medical information. The booster shots are not mandatory in most countries. Your doctor should have informed you of the benefits and side effects of the booster shots, so there's no point in commenting on it here.
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