{"id":22478,"date":"2025-02-19T13:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22478"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:26:18","slug":"scientists-describe-rare-syndrome-following-covid-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22478","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Describe Rare Syndrome Following Covid Vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a small study, patients with the syndrome were more likely to experience reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus and high levels of a coronavirus protein.<\/p>\n

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The Covid-19 vaccines were powerfully protective, preventing millions of deaths. But in a small number of people, the shots may have led to a constellation of side effects that includes fatigue, exercise intolerance, brain fog, tinnitus and dizziness, together referred to as \u201cpost-vaccination syndrome,\u201d according to a small new study.<\/p>\n

Some people with this syndrome appear to show distinct biological changes<\/a>, the research found \u2014 among them differences in immune cells, reawakening of a dormant virus called Epstein-Barr, and the persistence of a coronavirus protein in their blood.<\/p>\n

The study was posted online Wednesday and has not yet been published in a scientific journal. \u201cI want to emphasize that this is still a work in progress,\u201d said Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University who led the work.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like this study determined what\u2019s making people sick,\u201d she said, \u201cbut it\u2019s the first kind of glimpse at what may be going on within these people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Independent experts noted that the findings were not conclusive on their own. Yet the results, from a scientific team known for rigorous work, suggest that post-vaccination syndrome deserves further scrutiny, they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most important things is that we get some attention to really shine a light on this and try to understand exactly what it is,\u201d said John Wherry, <\/strong>director of the Institute for Immunology at the University of Pennsylvania. (Dr. Wherry has previously collaborated with Dr. Iwasaki\u2019s team, but did not participate in this work.)<\/p>\n

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In a small study, patients with the syndrome were more likely to experience reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus and high levels of a coronavirus protein.The Covid-19 vaccines were powerfully protective, preventing millions of deaths. But in a small number of people, the shots may have led to a constellation of side effects that includes fatigue, exercise intolerance, brain fog, tinnitus and dizziness, together referred to as \u201cpost-vaccination syndrome,\u201d according to a small new study.Some people with this syndrome appear to show distinct biological changes, the research found \u2014 among them differences in immune cells, reawakening of a dormant virus called Epstein-Barr, and the persistence of a coronavirus protein in their blood.The study was posted online Wednesday and has not yet been published in a scientific journal. \u201cI want to emphasize that this is still a work in progress,\u201d said Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University who led the work.\u201cIt\u2019s not like this study determined what\u2019s making people sick,\u201d she said, \u201cbut it\u2019s the first kind of glimpse at what may be going on within these people.\u201dIndependent experts noted that the findings were not conclusive on their own. Yet the results, from a scientific team known for rigorous work, suggest that post-vaccination syndrome deserves further scrutiny, they said.\u201cOne of the most important things is that we get some attention to really shine a light on this and try to understand exactly what it is,\u201d said John Wherry, director of the Institute for Immunology at the University of Pennsylvania. (Dr. Wherry has previously collaborated with Dr. Iwasaki\u2019s team, but did not participate in this work.)We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22480,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22481,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22478\/revisions\/22481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}