My partner has had a severe flare up of RA after having the AZ vaccine. Pain and swelling in feet, ankles, hips, hands and fingers, knees, neck, side of the face. Has been in bed for a week. Has anyone else had such a reaction? He has reported it to the Yellow Card scheme. Called his medic who has prescribed Co-codamol..…
Hi everyone, Now that the restrictions are being lifted as of this Thursday and no more free COVID tests from April can someone please advise on what an employer's duty of care is to their clinically vulnerable staff? Since the beginning of the pandemic our office had a Perspex screen up at each workstation to protect…
Hi I’m new here as a nutritionist I’ve been medication free for years but recently gone back on MTX because of r hand. scared about lack of research for covid vaccine on (a) auto immunity and (b) for those on immune suppressants will our immune system even recognise it the DNA or will it add to immune loss
Hi all! This is my first post! So hello to everyone! I just wondered if people had received letters in the post and PCR test in case you are positive for covid so that you can be given antiviral treatment quickly? I read on the government website that people with autoimmune disease will get one by today (if not you have to…
On Monday 21st February the Prime Minister outlined his "plan for living with COVID-19" which effectively ends all remaining COVID-19 restrictions in England. Across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland some restrictions remain in place. Visit the following websites for more information: Scotland: Coronavirus in Scotland -…
Just a suspicion based on a lot of comments on VA website, but has there been an uplift on the number of RA diagnosis during the pandemic ie beyond what happens every year? Could covid have triggered it? Do VA stats on 2020-2021 diagnosis show a statistically significant increase from the norm?
This poor doc has long covid and worried about the government relaxation of covid restrictions. What she highlights clearly is you do not have to have any underlying conditions to suffer serious outcomes following covid, and some of her symptoms may seem remarkably familiar to the autoimmune community… rash, swollen…
Has VA made any representations on our behalf to Boris’ govt on the stress & risk about to be heaped on us by scrapping the self isolation rule? “England set to scrap self-isolation rules next week under ‘living with Covid’ plan, Boris Johnson confirms Boris Johnson intends to repeal all pandemic regulations that restrict…
Hi everyone, I have not been on this website for a few weeks but I am glad to be back and hope everyone is keeping safe and well and I have been catching up with the various posts, etc. As the COVID restrictions are being removed as of this week and the Government has basically told everyone that they "have to live with…
It’s quite a while past the stipulated 91 days since H and I had our 3rd doses and we hadn’t received an invitation to attend for the 4th/ booster shot so I went online and booked us in. The information said that if you don’t have a letter from hospital or GP, you might not get vaccinated. We don’t have these invitation…
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