Local teenagers diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome question the COVID-19 vaccine after the first dose

THE WOODLANDS, Texas Wyatt McGlaun, a teenager at The Woodlands, said he was diagnosed with Guillan-Barre Syndrome a few weeks after his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

“I wanted to get the vaccine. “I felt it was the right thing to do,” McGlaun said. “I wanted to travel and enjoy my last summer before college.”

However, he said he became extremely weak and struggled to walk when he was admitted to CHI St. Luke’s in The Woodlands, where he was diagnosed.

“I just knew something was not right. It did not get better, “Wyatt explained.

The NIH reports one case of GBS in an 82-year-old woman, who also received one dose of the vaccine.

Dr. Charles Sims, Montgomery County health authority and physician on St. John’s infectious diseases. Luke’s in The Woodlands, said it was more often caused by a viral or bacterial infection, and he could not say that the vaccine caused Wyatt’s condition.

‘Cases have been seen in people who have received the vaccine, but it is not higher than people who have not received the vaccine. Guillan Barre is seen by one or two people per million per year, ”said Dr. Sims said.

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That is why dr. Sims said the condition could be accidental.

While Wyatt’s parents said they were not trying to deter anyone from the vaccine, but that they wanted others to realize if it was happening to them.

“Do your research,” said Joe McGlaun. “It’s a personal choice.”

“Listening to your body is the biggest thing I’ve learned,” Wyatt said.

Dr. Sims said that if adverse reactions are reported to the CDC, it will be investigated. Wyatt’s family said they did plan to report it.