Pins and Needles COVID 19 vaccine side effects
You get your jab, go home to sleep off the side effects — and start to feel a weird tingling in your fingers and hands. No, it’s not your superhero powers coming in: some people say that they feel pins and needles after their COVID vaccine. But experts tell Bustle it’s likely nothing to worry about.
“Tingling in fingers, or paresthesia, can occur for many different reasons,” Dr. Sachin Nagrani M.D., medical director of healthcare company Heal, tells Bustle. Paresthesia is any weird feeling in your skin, including feelings of pricking, chills, or burning, that doesn’t appear to have any physical cause. “A nervous system reaction to the injection or needle itself can cause fainting or paresthesia temporarily right after the vaccine is given, which should resolve quickly.” It’s possible that people who get prickling in their fingers after the COVID vaccine are experiencing some kind of temporary reaction in their nerves, but it’s not clear exactly what’s happening.