From cancer to brain injury

If you’re worried about having a Covid jab, reassurance may come from knowing how many risks we take each day with common medications.

Yesterday we talked about how to offer other jabs when a child under the age of 30 emerges The chance of a blood clot is 0.000095% From Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine.

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And Write for the sun, Health Minister Matt Hancock argued that the chances of blood clots coming out of the jab were negligible.

He states: “The safety system around this vaccine is so sensitive that we can pick up four millionths of events, which is said to be about the same risk as flying long distances.”

Going through the shelves reveals that routine treatments have similarly serious and rare side effects.

Check the labels on these medical staplers, from painkillers to cough syrups.

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Penicillin: can cause anaphylactic shock

According to a 2018 study by the Journal Of Antioxidant Chemotherapy, about half of all antibiotics prescribed in the UK are penicillin.

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Possible side effects:

General:

• Diarrhea / vomiting
• Skin rash
• Dyspnea

Rare:

• Swelling of the throat
• Urticaria / fever
• Black hairy tongue

rare:

• Anaphylactic shock
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome that causes blisters throughout the body.

Aspirin: can cause kidney failure

According to The Lancet, 1 billion people worldwide take aspirin.

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Possible side effects:

General:

• Indigestion heartburn
• vomiting

Rare: Not applicable

rare:

• Anaphylactic shock
• Asthma / urticaria
• Vasculitis
• Renal failure / stroke
• Gastric ulcer
• Causes of spontaneous bleeding due to decreased platelet count

Cough syrup: can damage the brain

According to Statistica, cough, cold and sore throat treatments generated £ 344 million in sales in the UK in 2020.

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Possible side effects:

General:

• sleepiness
• dizzy
• Stomach upset

Rare: Not applicable

rare:

• Hyperthermia or very high fever that can lead to brain damage, seizures, coma, death.
• Low blood pressure.

Paracetamol: can cause liver damage

We consume 6,300 tonnes of the painkiller paracetamol each year. In the UK, it works well with an average of 70 tablets per person per year.

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Possible side effects:

General:

Rare:

• Chest pain
• Swelling of the body
• Heart problems
• Pancreatitis

rare:

• Liver hurts
• Spontaneous bleeding due to decreased platelet count

Ibuprofen: can cause a heart attack

According to a 2005 UK survey, we take 1.4 billion tablets of ibuprofen each year.

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Possible side effects:

General:

• Skin rash / dizziness
• Nausea / heartburn

Rare:

• Tinnitus / itchy skin
• Water retention
• Constipation / abdominal pain

rare:

• Heart attack / throat ulcer
• Renal failure / liver damage
• Internal bleeding
• Gastric ulcer
• jaundice
• Anaphylaxis
• Blisters on the skin

Cold and flu pills: can cause hallucinations

Sales of cold and flu medications have fallen 49% this winter due to Covid’s hygienic precautions.

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Possible side effects:

General:

Rare:

• Chest pain
• stomach ache
• rash
• Palpitations of the heart caused by the loss of potassium

rare:

• Liver failure
• Large blisters filled with liquid

Oral contraceptives: can cause breast cancer

More than 3 million women in the UK are prescribed compound pills or mini pills from GP.

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Possible side effects:

General:

Rare:

• High blood pressure
• Weight gain
• Stomach cramps

rare:

• Blood clot
• Kidney disease
• hepatitis
• breast cancer
• Liver cancer
• Gallstone

Antihistamines: can cause blood disorders

According to the NHS, 20% of us have hay fever and 65% of patients are taking antihistamines.

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Possible side effects:

General:

• sleepiness
• dizzy
• headache

Rare:

• Blurred vision
• Muscle weakness
• Difficult to pee

rare:

• Hemolytic anemia that destroys red blood cells
• Blood disorder
• Anaphylaxis
• Extreme skin rash

From headaches to blurred vision-rare side effects to watch out for with AstraZeneca jab