Age: 35.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Hypersensitivity, Rash, Rash erythematous, Rash pruritic, Skin warm
Clinical narrative: 45 minutes after receiving the vaccine, I developed a rash on my upper chest, left side of my stomach, and my face around the cheeks. The areas was red, warm to the touch, and itchy. It was especially more itchy on my belly. I went back to the site where I got vaccinated. I was triaged by a nurse who confirmed that I was having an allergic reaction. They told me to take Benadryl and Pepcid OTC and follow up with my PCP if needed or go to the ER if symptoms got worse. I took the medication and then the reaction on my skin did not go away completely. It will come and go. I still took the medication. That same day when I got the vaccine, at night i called my doctors office. The nurse told me to follow up with my PCP and I was given an appointment. I saw the doctor on a video visit and she told me to go in person to one of the offices and to take pics of the rash so she could send them to the dermatologist. I went to do that and waited for a call from them and they did not get back to me. So I called them almost everyday. I finally got to talk to someone and they prescribed me with a cream for the rash, but no clear answer was given to me when I asked if it was safe to get the 2nd vaccine. I was told to complete the treatment with cream for 1 to 2 months before they could make a decision. I told them that I couldn't wait because at my job HR was asking for the 2nd vaccine because of them possibly letting people go if they weren't fully vaccinated or have a medical exception. I guess they are really busy so I never got an answer back that I had asked them about. I went to urgent care trying to get an answer and they told me to wait for another appointment with the dermatologist. Someone told me they would call me back from the dermatologist department. I got a message from a dermatologist from my online application from Kaiser and the provider said I needed to continue with the treatment with the cream. She said she was going to refer me to an allergy specialist. On September 20, 2021 I had the appointment with the allergy doctorand he gave me a letter saying that he does not recommended that I get the 2nd vaccine. However, he said to continue with the treatment with the cream and follow up with the dermatologist for 1 to 2 months to reassess the situation. I'm not sure if that means they will give me the okay in the future to take the 2nd dose, and I am afraid that I will get laid off if I don't get the 2nd dose. I do want to get protected but if the doctor is saying that I shouldn't because of the reaction that I had, I am not sure what to do as of now. I sent a message to my PCP yesterday trying to get all of the information all in one place because I had been getting different answers when I was trying to talk to the dermatology department. They would just tell me they don't know if the reaction was significant to the vaccine and that's why they wanted me to finish the treatment for the cream. I'm not sure if they are sure on what is going on with me. I am kind of going in circles with being told to continue to use the cream because the doctors are telling me to go to one specialists to another each time.