Connect with us

Health

How rare are blood clots after the AstraZeneca vaccine? What should you look out for? And how are they treated? – Devdiscourse

However, as a precautionary measure, the Pfizer vaccine is currently recommended for people aged under 50 years, or those with a history of clots in the brain,…

Published

on

Article feature image

BWith COVID-19 community transmission on the rise once again, those aged over 50 are weighing up the benefits of being vaccinated against the virus with the very rare risk of blood clotting induced by the AstraZeneca vaccine. Since the first reports of blood clotting after the AstraZeneca vaccine emerged in March 2021, our understanding of the clotting disorder, called vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopaenia (VITT) or thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), has grown.
We now know how…

Click here to view the original article.

Continue Reading
Advertisement
Advertisement

Trending