Some former COVID-19 patients still suffering from long-term health issues reported that their symptoms temporarily relieved after receiving the coronavirus vaccine, according to a British report.
Anecdotal reports show that between 20 and 50 percent of patients find that their symptoms, which mainly include fatigue, headaches and brain fog, facilitate post-vaccination, according to the Telegraph.
“We get people reporting improvements, and that’s very widespread, about half of the people we ask,” said Dr David Strain, a senior clinical lecturer at the University of Exeter.
Lou Barnes, who leads a support group of 4,000 people called Post Covid Syndrome, estimated that about 20 percent of members reported an improvement after getting their chance.
But many people said the improvements were temporary and lasted about three weeks, and that others also felt worse for a short time, Barnes said.
Strain, who runs a long-term COVID clinic and is a member of a national health service task force, said investigations are underway to investigate the reports.
“It offers a little hope for people who have been struggling with this for twelve months or more, just to feel a little better,” he told the newspaper.
‘But even as researchers, it tells us a lot of information: does it give us clues as to how we should deal with it? We have to look very nice, ”said Strain.
The doctor also remarked that ‘there is a great deal of prejudice about the reporting’, as ‘the people who notice something remarkable are shouting about it.’
Like Strain, Professor Danny Altmann, an immunologist at Imperial College London, said he was also compiling research on the subject.
“This is very interesting because we do not yet have an idea about the mechanisms in long COVID and what to do for patients, and also because many sufferers are very anxious about their immune status,” Altmann said.
Professor Eleanor Riley, an immunologist at the University of Edinburgh, said the anecdotal reports were ‘interesting’, but warned against considering them as fact before doing research on the subject.
“I think this is something that scientific research needs to follow up on,” Riley said. “I do not think we should come to any conclusions. It is possible that it may turn out to be random. ”