TY - JOUR ID - 175339 TI - Covid-19 Vaccines Side Effects in Iraq JO - Kirkuk Journal of Medical Sciences JA - KJMS LA - en SN - 2790-0207 AU - Zangana, Nareen Sabah AU - Ali, Kosar Mohammad AD - Respiratory medicine / Internal medicine / University of Sulaimaniyah / Aulaimaniyah AD - Respiratory medicine / Internal medicine / University of Sulaimaniyah / Sulaimaniyah / Iraq Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 31 EP - 52 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - COVID-19 KW - COVID-19 Vaccines KW - COVID-19 Vaccines Side effects DO - 10.32894/kjms.2022.135250.1029 N2 - BackgroundThe "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2" (SARS-CoV-2) disease has resulted in a worldwide challenging and dangerous pandemic, COVID-19 vaccines have beenpreventing serious morbidities and mortalityassociated with the infection. However, in addition to these findings, some unusualadverse effects have been reported.Vaccine side effects are common. They demonstrate that immunizations areeffective and that the immune system is responding. For assessing the safety of the vaccine, side effects and adverse events are fundamental.ObjectiveTo evaluate side effects of corona virus vaccinesMethodA prospective cohort study using a pre‐organized questionnaire encompassing, demographic, general health, the status of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, vaccination, associated adverse events, breakthrough infections andtheir IgG anti-spike antibody titers; in a population comprising 200 individuals aged 18 and above who received 2 doses of one of covid-19vaccines.ResultsThe responses of 200 individuals were analyzed statistically. Revealing that most utilized vaccine in the population was the Pfeizer-BioNtech vaccine.Side effects were generally subtle, in all three vaccines, with no serious 3adeverse events. Oxford-AstraZenecavaccine however, showed fiercer side effects compared to the other two vaccines. Several side effects were more prevalent in male gender, but there was no noteworthy correlation with other factors.ConclusionCOVID-19 vaccinations appear to be safe. Although adverse events are rare on a worldwide scale, a large proportion of the world's population will be exposed to these vaccines. for this reason, their safety and tolerance must becarefully evaluated. UR - https://kjms.uokirkuk.edu.iq/article_175339.html L1 - https://kjms.uokirkuk.edu.iq/article_175339_f2297dfb0f4176c37e480f0e9c60c377.pdf ER -