Patient's question:
I have rheumatoid arthritis. I experienced side effects from the smallpox vaccine, specifically the inflammatory rabbit skin extract. This is just a guess. After receiving the vaccine, my symptoms included: redness, itching, and other allergic symptoms, headache, dizziness, and excessive sweating. Is this a side effect of the inflammatory rabbit skin extract from the smallpox vaccine?Doctor's answer:
Adverse reactions of cowpox vaccine-derived rabbit skin extract:Side effects, adverse reactions: Severe adverse reactions, shock: Due to the occasional occurrence of symptoms such as abnormal pulse, tachycardia, inability to detect the pulse, chest pain, difficulty breathing, pallor, cyanosis, hypotension, loss of consciousness, asthma attacks, wheezing, coughing, sneezing, and incontinence, shock symptoms may occasionally occur. Allergy symptoms such as rash, urticaria, erythema, and itching may also occasionally appear. Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache, and a heavy head feeling may occasionally occur. It is recommended to discontinue use.