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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by wincy on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:34PM (#26798886)
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.

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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by tpoacher on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:54PM (#26799163)
Actually, I bet he'd be even more dismissive.
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by nawitus on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:42PM (#26798983)
That's odd, as headache is a common symptom for many vaccines (or pretty much any medicine).
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by autokad on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:56PM (#26799181)
a thunder clap headache is also a symptom of a stroke.
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by lupire on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @05:36PM (#26799640)
...which is a kind of blood clot.
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by cyberlurker on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:51PM (#26799113)
Would he somehow check for blood clots? What could that doctor have done?
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by knz on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @07:01PM (#26800597)
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.

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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by wincy on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @10:14PM (#26802221)
He did order a CT scan on my head and neck. Luckily no stroke or anything like that.
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by pvarangot on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @05:45PM (#26799759)
Give you blood thinners like aspirin?
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by AndrewBissell on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @05:08PM (#26799343)
Did you report it to VAERS?
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by stjohnswarts on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @07:13PM (#26800704)
Did you have a blood clot? Temporal proximity doesn't necessarily mean "cause", usually just a coincidence.
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by wincy on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @03:19PM (#26811781)
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.
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