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Vref+5
WHO are reporting side effects to the Pfizer vaccine include, swelling around the heart, arrhythmia, high blood pressure. I’m not posting this to scare people off getting vaccinated, but to make pilots aware that if they get vaccinated and then do their medical within a few months they might ring the blood pressure bell, like I just did…..off to the the specialist for a stress echo test I go!!!
Same thing happened to me. High BP, coupled with an intermittent arrhythmia when I did my medical 2 weeks after my first Pfizer dose. Nil prior history. Stress test and then off to CASA for approval. All good and the arrhythmia has gone - I’m now 2.5 months after my second dose. Happy to be vaccinated.
Edited to add: I donate blood and they record your BP each time. I’m normally around 123/75, but a month after my second dose I was 147/75...It’s never been that high. I’ll be interested to see what it is when I donate next.