Abnormal liver function after covid vaccination
Below are the links to the PDF and the website version of this article
https://www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/action/showPdf?pii=S0168-8278%2822%2900121-0
https://www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-8278(22)00121-0/fulltext
This was an interesting letter to the editor of the Journal of Hepatology. A team of hepatologists noticed a concerning trend. They had reviewed the covid vaccine clinical trial data, which stated no liver concerns in the trial. However, in practice, they were seeing patients with a previously normal liver profile coming in with abnormal liver function labs. So they compared the incidence of liver concerns post covid vaccine with liver issue post influenza vaccine. Liver injury was much more prevalent after the SECOND dose of the covid vaccine, 86% of the injuries, compared to 14% of the injuries after the first covid vaccine.
The findings of concern were that these injuries with the covid vaccine occurred in people with no previous liver issues, whereas the flu vaccine that was not isolated out and those with liver issues previously were included in the injury totals. Second of concern was the latency of identifying the liver issues. It was 20-46 days AFTER the vaccine when problems began. They hypothesized that the mRNA technology was causing inflammatory reactions that were delayed and unique in onset and duration.
This is one small study, and I would add an additional concern. How many people had a potential liver injury and did not know it unless they happened to see a provider and have a lab draw during that period? Also, with the influenza vaccine injuries, no follow up or additional treatment was required, whereas with the covid vaccine that was not the case. This study also correlates to evidence we have that the nanotechnology of the mRNA vaccine does indeed travel throughout the body, and Pfizer’s own study results do indeed show that the liver is an area of concentration for the vaccine at least through 48 hours post vaccine. They stopped tracking after 48 hours in the Wistar rats.
