An 18-year-old female dies from a blood clot two weeks after having her Covid vaccination.
An 18-year-old female was admitted to a hospital after she was experiencing 'thunder-clap' headaches, the "worst headache" she had ever experienced, two weeks after receiving her first dose of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. An inquest heard the headaches were the result of thrombosis in her sinus cavity.
Because of her low platelet count, doctors initially ruled out a brain hemorrhage. She suffered all of the "common" side effects of the vaccine but hoped these would last approximately 12 to 18 hours, the inquest heard. But two weeks later she was "screaming in pain" with the "worst headache" she had ever experienced. Despite this, a CT scan was reported as "normal". Three days after her admission, she was administered a dose of platelets and her inquest heard that she began to rapidly deteriorate. She suffered from fits and was "not responding to seizure control", the inquest heard. She was then incubated and put on a ventilator where doctors performed another CT scan, now revealing the blood clot. Doctors decided that brain surgery would not be in Kasey's best interest and could result in "significant brain damage". After Kasey's condition did not improve the following day, sedative drugs were withdrawn so doctors could accurately assess her neurological state. She was found to be "brain stem dead" so mechanical ventilation was withdrawn and she died later that day. Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) appeared to be a "key" factor in her death.
Another later-published case of an 18-year old male who developed Level 1 TTS (probable VITT) eight days after immunization with the ChADOx1 nCOV-19 vaccine, had a favorable outcome since his blood tests revealed mild thrombocytopenia and he was treated symptomatically. He did not recover completely, however, and his case could be similar to Long VITT cases. His initial symptoms were worsening headaches, vomiting and hemiparesis. Amongst cases identified in the same database, ta 21-year-old woman recovered from Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS) and a 22-year-old woman died – both vaccinated with Covishield vaccine.
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Student paramedic, 18, died of clot two weeks after having Covid vaccine (msn.com)
Jain N, Chaudhary P, Shrivastava A, Kaur T, Kaur S, Brar HS, Jindal R. Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS) After ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Immunization: An Investigative Case Report. Am J Case Rep. 2023 Mar 18;24:e938878. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.938878. PMID: 36932639.
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