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Moderna Covid vaccine causes pus-filled lumps on men’s faces – New but rare side effect

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In a rare side effect, men developed pus-filled lumps on their faces after receiving the Covid vaccine.

Following a dose of the Moderna jab, patients in the United States experienced facial swelling, crusting on the cheeks, and pustules.

A study looked at two men who experienced a very rare side effect after receiving their first or second Covid vaccination.

Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco, documented the patient’s hospital visits.

While all vaccinations carry a small risk, experts agree that the benefit of receiving Covid vaccines far outweighs any small risk of an adverse reaction.

One of the men documented in the report, in his fifties, sought help four days after his first Moderna dose.

He complained of chills but no fever, as well as swelling and pustules on his cheeks and near his eyes.

Because the patient had no history of allergic reactions to skin conditions, he was given antibiotics and a topical corticosteroid before fully recovering a week later.

He then received his second Moderna jab without any such side effect.

The second patient, a man in his 80s, was admitted to the hospital five days after receiving his last dose of Moderna vaccine.

He reported swelling in his face within 24 hours of the injection, which worsened over the next few days.

In addition to pain, fatigue, and fevers, the elderly man had small pus-filled bumps on his skin and crusting on his cheeks and nose.

After receiving two antibiotics, his facial rash cleared up in ten days.

Both men had extremely high levels of neutrophils – a type of white blood cell – according to the case reports published in JAMA Dermatology.

It is believed that the vaccine induced an overreaction in the men’s bodies, with white blood cell counts increasing and an immune system response resulting in a rash.

The authors stated:

“The clinical presentation of a facial rash with pustules and the shared…findings of a dense neutrophilic infiltrate..support a facial pustular neutrophilic eruption as the reaction pattern. 

“Reassuringly, this facial pustular neutrophilic eruption resolved within seven to 10 days and without serious [after effects].   

“This is consistent with evidence that most cutaneous reactions that are associated with the mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are generally self-limited and minor.”

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