Tag: AstraZeneca’s ChAdOx-1-S

Strokes Associated with COVID-19 vaccines

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

This article features the literature review of Kakovan and colleagues’ Stroke Associated with COVID-19 Vaccines. The Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases published it in June 2022 The authors from Iran and Denmarkgathered several cases reported from all over the world and sorted them into the types of strokes and the COVID  vaccines that are…

Noninfectious vaginal ulcers after AstraZeneca COVID shot

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

An acute non-infectious genital ulcer or Lipschütz ulcer after the AstraZeneca COVID  (Vaxzevria®) vaccine was reported from Hospital de Galdakao-Usansolo, Spain. A 24-year-old woman went to the emergency room with four excruciating ulcers on the labia majora. She had received the vaccine from AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria®) 3 days before. She also had flu-like symptoms with fever…