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Watu wamekuwa wakijiuliza endapo kama kuna madhara pale ambapo mtu atakunywa pombe siku au saa chache baada ya kupata chanjo ya COVID19
Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) linasema unywaji wa pombe baada ya Chanjo ya COVID-19 hauna madhara lakini ulevi wa kupindukia unaweza kupunguza ufanisi wa chanjo.
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Can you drink alcohol after getting a COVID-19 vaccine?
The purpose of COVID-19 vaccines is to help your immune system recognize the virus that causes COVID-19 as a foreign invader.
It’s currently not entirely known how alcohol consumption affects your vaccine response. COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use in the United States had to go through rigorous clinical trials to assess their safety before the FDA authorized them. These trials did not examine whether alcohol affects vaccine effectiveness.
It’s likely that drinking moderately in the days following your vaccine will not change its effectiveness.
Some early studiesTrusted Source on macaques (monkeys), rats, and people have found some evidence that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with improved cardiovascular health and possibly immune health. But much more research is needed to back these findings.
To be on the safe side, it’s probably best to either keep your alcohol consumption the same or reduce it for at least a few days after receiving your vaccine.
As reported by Reuters, a Russian health official released a warning in December 2020 that people receiving the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine should avoid alcohol for 2 weeks before their first injection and for 4 weeks after their second injection. The logic was that alcohol may reduce your ability to build immunity to the virus that causes COVID-19.
Dr. Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the research team that produced the Sputnik V vaccine, has since shared on the official Sputnik V social media account that a complete ban on alcohol is not necessary and that moderate consumption is alright. He advised avoiding drinking for 3 days after receiving each injection or any other vaccine.
Alcohol and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
Some types of COVID-19 vaccines, such as Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, have potentially been associated with a condition called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) in extremely rare cases. CVST is a blood clot in the sinuses of the brain.
In an April CDC reportTrusted Source, only 9 total cases of CVST had been recorded after nearly 200 million vaccines had been administered.
According to the Italian Society on Alcohol, alcohol is linked to negative platelet function that may increase the risk of coagulation disorders like CVST. It’s possible that heavy drinking in combination with vaccination may contribute to the development of this rare complication, although future studies are needed to understand if this is indeed the case.
Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) linasema unywaji wa pombe baada ya Chanjo ya COVID-19 hauna madhara lakini ulevi wa kupindukia unaweza kupunguza ufanisi wa chanjo.
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Can you drink alcohol after getting a COVID-19 vaccine?
The purpose of COVID-19 vaccines is to help your immune system recognize the virus that causes COVID-19 as a foreign invader.
It’s currently not entirely known how alcohol consumption affects your vaccine response. COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use in the United States had to go through rigorous clinical trials to assess their safety before the FDA authorized them. These trials did not examine whether alcohol affects vaccine effectiveness.
It’s likely that drinking moderately in the days following your vaccine will not change its effectiveness.
Some early studiesTrusted Source on macaques (monkeys), rats, and people have found some evidence that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with improved cardiovascular health and possibly immune health. But much more research is needed to back these findings.
To be on the safe side, it’s probably best to either keep your alcohol consumption the same or reduce it for at least a few days after receiving your vaccine.
As reported by Reuters, a Russian health official released a warning in December 2020 that people receiving the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine should avoid alcohol for 2 weeks before their first injection and for 4 weeks after their second injection. The logic was that alcohol may reduce your ability to build immunity to the virus that causes COVID-19.
Dr. Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the research team that produced the Sputnik V vaccine, has since shared on the official Sputnik V social media account that a complete ban on alcohol is not necessary and that moderate consumption is alright. He advised avoiding drinking for 3 days after receiving each injection or any other vaccine.
Alcohol and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
Some types of COVID-19 vaccines, such as Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, have potentially been associated with a condition called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) in extremely rare cases. CVST is a blood clot in the sinuses of the brain.
In an April CDC reportTrusted Source, only 9 total cases of CVST had been recorded after nearly 200 million vaccines had been administered.
According to the Italian Society on Alcohol, alcohol is linked to negative platelet function that may increase the risk of coagulation disorders like CVST. It’s possible that heavy drinking in combination with vaccination may contribute to the development of this rare complication, although future studies are needed to understand if this is indeed the case.
