Side effect after booster vaccination: Those who have been vaccinated should not do this

Before the booster vaccination against the corona virus, vaccinated people should heed a few important tips. Some substances can affect the immune response.

The fourth corona wave is rolling over Heidelberg* and all of Germany*. For a few weeks now, the number of infected people has been increasing again. Above all because the corona variant Omicron is more contagious and vaccinated people are becoming infected with the disease more and more often. Nevertheless, experts recommend getting vaccinated or boosted. According to HEIDELBERG24*, the Stiko recommends boosting against the coronavirus three months after the second vaccination.

And even if the corona vaccines* approved in the EU do not work quite as well against new variants of Covid-19, vaccination is still recommended. Because according to a study on booster vaccinations with Biontech and Moderna*, mRNA vaccines do not protect 100 percent against an infection, but very reliably against a severe course. And if you can also get boosters, you can even benefit from an even stronger protective effect – even against the new variants.

Booster vaccination: Experts reveal tips for vaccinated people after immunization

However, if you accept your third spade, you should not forget a few important tips. First of all, it is important to know that vaccination reactions can also occur after the booster vaccination. Basically, the same reactions can occur as after the second vaccination with Biontech or Moderna. These often include pain and/or swelling at the injection site, nausea, headache, fatigue, body aches, vomiting, chills or fever.

However, the side effects after the corona vaccination* are usually only temporary and disappear by themselves after a while. Experts warn against taking painkillers such as paracetamol or ibuprofen as a preventive measure. “They can weaken the immune response during vaccination – and we definitely don’t want that,” explains Petra Bracht, specialist in general and nutritional medicine, in an interview with the picture on the booster vaccination against the corona virus.

Booster vaccination: It is better not to do this after the vaccination

Even if flu-like symptoms occur as side effects after the vaccination, those who have just been vaccinated should try to get by without painkillers*, advises the expert. Anyone who naturally develops more severe side effects such as fever can, of course, take paracetamol or ibuprofen after a vaccination. The only important thing is not to simply take the preparations preventively before the vaccination. On the other hand, medications that are taken daily should not be discontinued.

And those who have been vaccinated* should also avoid alcohol and fatty foods shortly before and after the booster vaccination. Because both put a strain on the liver and cost the body energy – and this in turn is then missing for other things, such as the necessary reaction to the corona vaccine administered. Incidentally, the body also needs energy for heavy loads such as a lot of sport. Therefore, vaccinated people should at best take it easy after the booster vaccination against the corona virus.

Booster vaccination: This is how a particularly high level of immune protection develops

In this way, vaccinated people also reduce the risk of heart muscle inflammation after the corona vaccination* and other possible side effects. According to Petra Bracht, exercise also releases “healing, anti-inflammatory messenger substances”, which in turn make an important contribution to the body’s immune response to the booster vaccination. So if you move a little after the boosters, you’re even doing something good for your body – exercise outside in the fresh air is ideal.

The reason: Sunshine promotes the production of vitamin D in the body – an essential nutrient for the function of our immune system. In addition, sufficient sleep and little stress can promote a good immune response to the booster vaccination against the coronavirus. And how important good immune protection is is shown by the current report about a new, potentially dangerous corona variant in the EU, which HEIDELBERG24* is currently reporting on. * HEIDELBERG24 is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

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