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Covishield vaccine blood clot
Hi... My husband was diagnosed and treated for ITP (some sort of auto immune deases) and his platelet counts droped till 1000. We took treatment. Would like to know weather covishield vaccine will affect immune system and is there any chance of blood clot. Don't know how far this is true but We have heard that covishield trigger blod clot and auto immune deases.pls give advice should we take vaccine or not.
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Intramuscular injections for vaccine cannot be given at such a low platelet count.
Covishield triggered blood clots have been reported, and they are being studied. As of now, the specific risk factors for such blood clots in only some people (0.6 per million)have not been found.
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