COVID arm

[DavidDvorkin]

It's an itchy rash that develops on the arm where the COVID vaccine was injected, a week to nine days later. It's alarming but harmless (as far as anyone knows so far) and goes away in a week or two or three or ... It only shows up with the Moderna vaccine, and so far, only with the first shot. It's unknown if it's a reaction to the vaccine itself or an allergic reaction to one of the inactive ingredients.

Only a handful of cases have been reported. Add me to that. I had no idea what it was and consulted Dr. Google, who enlightened me. Doctors suspect that it's far more common than their statistics indicate: Probably most people don't report it because they don't realize it's connected to the shot. So you might not have been warned about this when you got the shot; now you have been.

[barbtries]

1. are you allowed to treat it?

glad i got the Pfizer shot, though my arm was quite sore and I slept for the better part of the next day.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Antihistamine if it's too itchy to bear

Tylenol for pain.

I should have mentioned that.

[BComplex]

2. Thanks for the info, David. I usually react to everything pharma makes.

I'll probably get this when I get my moderna shot next Thursday.

[FarPoint]

4. I had my two Moderna doses...

A week ago Thursday I had the second injection. Sore arm at injection site both times, lasted 4 days max... Almost felt like a mild cellulitis...but not that bad...

[MLAA]

5. Thank you, husband got first Moderna shot about 10 days ago. I'll keep an eye out🙂

[Squinch]

6. I had a hot swollen itchy lump starting 5 days after till 10 days after.

[Frustratedlady]

7. I react to contrast dye with hives and I saw where some people like me have a reaction, so I wonder

if that's what they are referring to? I should get mine in the next week or two.

[ellie]

8. When I

got my flu shot back in the fall, I developed an itchy rash. It went away in about a week.

[NJCher]

9. hmm

I was just about to post the same story about what happened to me with the flu shot. However, an odd thing--I noticed that the rash came back a little yesterday.

I never thought to treat it with an antihistamine.

[FakeNoose]

10. K & R bookmarking

Good to know. Thanks!

[Mossfern]

11. Just had my first shot

I didn't even feel it and had to check under the band-aid to make sure I really got it. The person injecting me was also a bit confused because there was no blood after the shot and didn't know where to put the band-aid. When I uncovered it, there was a teeny tiny red dot. That's weird because I take Warfarin.

They gave me a second appointment for 5 days before the four weeks and my husband's appointment was for 29 days after. I questioned them and they said that 5 days early is fine, but when I conferred with Dr. Google, the recommendation is for no earlier than 4 days early for the Moderna vaccine. One person at the site said I could wait and go in with my husband - which I will do even though my card says March 2nd.

I think I'm more anxious now than before the shot.
Hopefully I'll get some sort of slight reaction to the first one.