reaction after getting a kobit 19
vaccine
he's recovering at home tonight and
sharing his story with 8 news reporter
talia cunningham who's in studio with a
vaccine alert
talia hey juan good evening well richard
terrell got the one
dose johnson johnson vaccine earlier on
this month
now he suffered a severe rash that
spread over his entire body
and turned his skin red as doctors tell
me a reaction of this magnitude is
extremely rare we do want to warn you at
home that some of these images
may be considered graphic
these photos snapped of richard
terrell's severe reaction to what
doctors believe
is the covid19 vaccine you know my skin
peeled off
it's still coming off of my hand the 74
year old
now on the road to recovery relieved to
breathe in the fresh air
at his goochland county home after
spending five days
at the bcu medical center gee it just
came on so fast
on march 6 terrell received the johnson
and johnson vaccine in ashland
but four days later i began to feel a
little discomfort in my armpit
and then i began to a few days later
began to get an
itchy rash and then after that
i began to swell and my skin turned red
this red rash quickly spreading covering
terrell's entire body
his legs and hands almost unrecognizable
from swelling and discoloration it was
stringing
and itching skin is the largest organ in
the body and when it gets
inflamed like he was they can use a lose
a lot of fluids lose a lot of electric
dermatology hospitalist
ethno newton is one of terrell's doctors
she says his drug reaction could have
been life-threatening if untreated
through testing and process of
elimination we ruled out all the virus
viral infections we ruled out covered
itself came to the conclusion that it
was the
vaccine that he had received that was
the cause dr newton
and her colleagues believe terrell's
reaction has something to do with his
genetic makeup
and the vaccine type regardless
the doctor tells us this type of
reaction
is extremely rare if you look at the
risk of adverse reactions from the
vaccine and
it has been really really low tonight
terrell
i wouldn't hesitate to get it and dr
newton are encouraging folks to get
vaccinated
and monitor their response now i'm told
his reaction has been reported to the
cdc
and vcu doctors will be submitting the
case to a medical journal this week
terrell tells me he's still very weak
and it will take some time for him to
fully recover but he's still thankful he
was vaccinated
juan all right