LAS VEGAS (AP) – An 18-year-old woman in Nevada who suffered seizures after receiving Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine has received three blood clot-related brain surgeries, a family spokesman said.
Emma Burkey began feeling ill about a week after receiving the one-dose vaccine earlier this month, spokeswoman Bret Johnson said. She was one of six women in the United States and the only resident in Clark County, including Las Vegas, to experience a severe side effect of clotting. One person died.
Burkey was first treated at St. John’s Hospital. Rose in Henderson before being transferred to Loma Linda University Medical Center in Southern California for specialized care, Johnson said. Burkey was taken out of an induced coma and a respirator, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. His parents, Russ and Kathy, have visited Burkey briefly every day due to COVID-19 restrictions.
“It’s slowly improving,” Johnson said. “The word we received from his parents last night was ‘slowly, slowly, slowly.'”
The U.S. government suspended the use of J&J vaccines last week, just a week after European regulators declared these clots a rare but possible risk with the AstraZeneca vaccine, a similarly but still similar shot. not approved for the US
Since then, federal health agencies have been investigating whether the vaccine could be the cause of blood clots in women or whether providers should be aware of pre-existing conditions or medications that could cause complications.
A group with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Burkey and other women experienced headaches and back pain before the discovery of blood clots, according to KVVU-TV.. The group said Burkey received Heparin, an anticoagulant. However, the group and Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that anticoagulants can make the disease worse.
“The student and staff here at Coral Academy have a heavy heart, as we now know that one of our students has experienced adverse side effects from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. With “one in a million” chances of this happening, we are heartbroken, although we pledge our support to the family during this difficult time, “said Ercan Aydogdu, CEO of Coral Academy Las Vegas. ‘school.