{"id":16383,"date":"2020-12-22T16:11:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T16:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=16383"},"modified":"2021-02-07T20:03:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T20:03:36","slug":"can-i-develop-an-allergic-reaction-to-the-covid-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/16383","title":{"rendered":"Can I develop an allergic reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Reactions to vaccines are rare but they have been reported with some COVID-19 vaccines. The risk relates to your history of allergies but you can still use the vaccines.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both the mRNA vaccines (from Pfizer and Moderna) should only be given in a setting with medical support to be able to handle allergic reactions.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with a history of severe allergy reactions can still use these vaccines. But they should discuss the risk\/benefits with their doctor.<\/p>\n<p>However, anyone who has a severe reaction to the first dose of these vaccines, should not take the second dose.<\/p>\n<p><em>See:\u00a0<\/em><span class=\"field-content\"><em><strong>Guidance from the US on risk of allergic reactions to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/acaai.org\/news\/american-college-allergy-asthma-and-immunology-updates-guidance-risk-allergic-reactions-mrna\">https:\/\/acaai.org\/news\/american-college-allergy-asthma-and-immunology-updates-guidance-risk-allergic-reactions-mrna<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This is one of more than 65 questions about COVID vaccines. It was produced by and for people living with HIV.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/16330\"><strong>Q&amp;A on COVID vaccines: are they safe and effective?<br \/>\n<\/strong>https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/16330<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reactions to vaccines are rare but they have been reported with some COVID-19 vaccines. The risk relates to your history of allergies but you can still use the vaccines. Both the mRNA vaccines (from Pfizer and Moderna) should only be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-covid-19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}