"Abstract
... This study aims to explore long-term adverse events reported by physicians and dentists who received at least two COVID-19 vaccine doses. A group of physicians and dentists were invited to complete a validated questionnaire that was composed of items on: socio-demographics, medical history, administered vaccines, and long-term adverse events (LTAE). Data of a total of 498 practitioners were included... The most frequently administered vaccines were Pfizer-BioNtech [PB], Sinopharm [SP] and AstraZeneca vaccines...
Results...
3.4. Long-term adverse events (LTAEs)
A total of 80 participants reported at least one LTAE (16.1%)...
The most frequently reported LTAE among the whole sample was fatigue (N = 32, 6.4%), and the second most frequently reported LTAE among females was menstrual disturbances which were reported by 15 out of 314 menstruating women (N = 15, 4.8%). Adverse events that were reported only once include: anorexia, dry mouth, periodontitis, body malodor, herpes zoster, hypertension, hypothyroidism, low oxygen saturation, pityriasis rosea, taste and smell distortion, thrombosis, bleeding tendency and left arm paresthesia, with the latter 3 LTAEs being reported in recipients of PB and SP vaccines...
5. Conclusions
Approximately one in six of COVID-19 vaccine recipients may complain of long-term adverse events. These are mostly fatigue related."
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