A woman in Houston was paralyzed after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Jamie Walton shared that she took the necessary precautions throughout the pandemic to avoid contracting the virus. About three months ago, she received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which she thought might improve her immunity to COVID-19.
However, when June arrived, Walton began to feel numbness and tingling in his hands and feet. ABC 13 news Report.
“I know my body, I know something is wrong, so I have been trying to see different doctors, but I have been told,’You are dehydrated. You are fine,'” Walton said. “A doctor told me that I have anxiety.”
Walton’s condition deteriorated, which eventually affected her ability to walk. She began to fall and eventually became paralyzed from the waist down. Walton reported that she went to the emergency room twice before she found out that she had Guillain Barre’s disease, a rare disease that causes the body’s immune system to attack nerves.
“When this first happened, I honestly thought,’Am I going to die?'” Walton recalled. “It’s really weird when all your things are taken away, and it’s very fast-moving from my legs up to my hips to where I am numb, waist down, then arms and fingers.”
Thanks to Walton’s brother-in-law, who confirmed that she had the disease, Walton was able to prevent her Gillan Barre condition from getting worse.
After a spinal tap confirmed her diagnosis, Walton was admitted to Herman Memorial Hospital and stayed there for 22 days, during which time she received treatment and slowly regained consciousness in her lower body.
“If I was not caught and it reached my diaphragm, I might be unable to speak or move like many patients who use ventilators in the hospital, and stay there for a long time. Time,” Walton said.
Walton added that she went to the TIRR Memorial Hall to learn how to walk again, where it was determined that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine had caused her to be paralyzed.
“After analysis, they determined that my [Johnson & Johnson] Vaccine,” Walton said.
Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Updated label Johnson & Johnson vaccine to warn people that the possibility of getting Guillain-Barre has increased. Although the FDA has not determined whether the vaccine directly causes this condition, the agency has noticed an increase in reports of the syndrome among vaccinated people.
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