Hello, what are the risks of getting a blood clot after receiving the Astra-Zeneca vaccine?
26-year-old woman3 years ago
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My father is 55 years old. He has severe asthma, diabetes and high blood pressure. He has to have eye surgery (cataract) at the hospital at the end of April. He concluded with his family doctor that it would be better to have the Astra-Zeneca vaccine to have some protection before going to the hospital.
- What is the risk of a blood clot (statistic in numbers)?
- Given the risk of blood clots, should he/she take precautions 20 days after the dose (e.g., exercise every hour, monitor blood sugar levels (test blood sugar 4x/day), avoid biking or other injury-prone activities)
- What are the warning signs for blood clots?
- Given the covid-19 outbreaks and the increase in variants, do you think he should cancel his surgery (cataract) and reschedule in a few months (to private)? Can we predict more risky periods for viruses based on trends in others, such as influenza or SARS?
I appreciate your time. I understand that there may be very few concrete answers to my questions, but if possible have some articles from the scientific literature that could support the recent data. Thank you for your time!
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Vincent Ouellet · 3 years ago
Hello,
The current estimated risk is less than 100 cases for 25 million doses (see the notice issued by the company at