Could Vaccination against COVID-19 Trigger Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases?

Publication date: Aug 07, 2024

Exacerbations and new onset of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, such as psoriasis and hidradenitis suppurativa, have been reported following COVID-19 vaccination. In patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, recent studies have shown that those who received mRNA vaccines were 3. 5 times as likely to develop flares following vaccination compared to patients who received non-mRNA vaccines, indicating that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are associated with hidradenitis suppurativa flares. Similar findings have been found in other studies evaluating the association between COVID-19 vaccines and other immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, lichen planus, and alopecia areata. However, further research is warranted in larger populations to validate these findings.

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Concepts Keywords
Alopecia COVID-19
Clinical flare
Dermatitis hidradenitis
Recent immune-mediated inflammatory diseases
Vaccines onset
vaccine

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