Covid-19 vaccine: Omagh man desires assist after 'life ruined' by jab

On 15 December 2021 Larry Lowe’s life modified.

He was 54, hardly ever unwell, match, wholesome and working 10km most days – until he got the Pfizer Covid booster.

Inside days he developed numbness in the appropriate facet of his face and began experiencing ache.

“I had misplaced all the sensation in my face, enamel, nostril, tongue, eye, that entire facet of my head,” he stated.

These signs have unfold by his physique and intensified over time, with medical doctors throughout the UK saying the vaccine is responsible.

Pfizer stated affected person security was paramount and it took studies of adversarial reactions very critically.

It stated tons of of tens of millions of doses had been administered globally “and the benefit-risk profile of the vaccine stays optimistic for all authorised indications and age teams”.

Mr Lowe, who’s from Omagh in Northern Eire, stated that whereas he was not against vaccines, his life had been destroyed.

Northern Eire’s Public Well being Company (PHA) stated the advantages of the vaccines in stopping Covid-19 and critical issues related to it far outweighed any presently identified unwanted effects within the majority of sufferers.

Mr Lowe was referred to Man’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London the place he was informed the vaccine “was being acknowledged by my physique as a toxin, and that was the reason for my issues”.

He broke down and cried.

“My spouse and I had been sitting on this little room in Westminster with consultants telling me the vaccine had destroyed the nerve on the appropriate facet of my face, and it was extremely unlikely that I might ever recuperate from it,” he stated.

In letters, seen by BBC Information NI, London ache administration specialists confirmed the onset of signs might be attributed to the Covid vaccine booster.

In correspondence to Mr Lowe’s GP final Could, Man’s and St Thomas’ Belief confirmed that “our multidisciplinary group had been in settlement that the onset of signs might be attributed to the Covid vaccine booster”.

In April 2024, Mr Lowe was identified by a guide neurologist on the Southern Well being Belief with a “painful trigeminal neuropathy” which had “the Covid vaccine as its predominant causative issue”.

He additionally developed a small fibre sensory neuropathy which the guide stated “can also be one of many post-vaccine associated neurological displays”.

“I battle once I take into consideration what one other 10 years goes to do to me, as a result of within the three years roughly that I’ve had this, it is destroyed me and it is getting worse,” Mr Lowe stated.

Mr Lowe stated the small fibre neuropathy affected his total physique, from toes to fingertips.

He suffers from dry eye syndrome and wears sun shades in and out due to his sensitivity to mild.

“I really feel as if there’s a clamp on either side of my head, squeezing it on a regular basis,” he stated.

“I have been informed that my situation is progressive. It’s going to worsen.

“I did not ask for this,” he stated.

He stated he took the vaccine in good religion and feels he has been “left to rot”.

“I am in a lot ache, my life is barely value dwelling, apart from my household,” he stated.

He stated he didn’t really feel like himself anymore.

“Earlier than this I used to be in a rock band, lead guitar, singing, writing songs, recording albums, loving it,” he informed BBC Information NI.

“Now that is only a reminiscence,” he added.

The previous school lecturer needed to medically retire.

He stated continual ache was exhausting to clarify as a result of folks consider a “toothache or breaking their leg”.

“When you break your leg, it begins to get higher.

“My ache is getting worse each day.”

Mr Lowe praised all of the medical professionals he had seen, who he stated “tried all the pieces” to assist him however all they may provide was remedy.

He stated his GP was “incredible,” however that he “would not have the magic wand that I want”.

Mr Lowe stated he would really like the stigma taken out of Covid vaccine accidents.

He stated many individuals don’t take them critically.

Mr Lowe stated he had by no means been against vaccinations which had been tried and examined.

He added that he was not allowed to take any additional vaccines.

Professor of European public well being on the London College of Hygiene and Tropical Drugs, Martin McKee, stated vaccines had been “completely important” to permitting society to maneuver on from the pandemic.

“As soon as the vaccines grew to become obtainable then the dying charge fell markedly,” he stated.

Prof McKee stated all vaccines got here with a threat of reactions and there could be “a small variety of reactions” when numerous folks had been vaccinated.

Whereas he can not touch upon particular person circumstances, he stated reactions like Mr Lowe’s had been “exceedingly uncommon”.

Mr Lowe stated he had exhausted all of the remedy and coverings obtainable within the UK and they didn’t work and he desires “medical and psychological assist”.

“I need somebody to acknowledge that the vaccine has executed this.”

His spouse Gini stated life had been extraordinarily robust.

She stated they’d a “incredible, regular life” to a world that had been turned the other way up.

She stated Larry cries and screams at evening with the ache.

“We’ve misplaced a part of Larry and that is exhausting to take,” she added.

Dr Louise Herron, deputy director of public well being on the PHA stated all vaccinations and drugs may have some unwanted effects.

“The most typical unwanted effects of the Covid-19 vaccine are gentle and get higher inside every week,” she stated.

“As with all vaccines and medicines, the protection of Covid-19 vaccines is being regularly monitored.”

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is liable for regulating medicines, together with vaccines, and conducts sturdy security monitoring and surveillance of all Covid-19 vaccines within the UK.

It stated vaccination was the only simplest technique to cut back deaths and extreme sickness from Covid-19.