Post Covid-19 Injection Syndrome or pCoIS (also called Post Covid-19 Vaccine Syndrome or pCoVS) is a new complex multi-system inflammatory syndrome. A syndrome is a collection of symptoms that may differ from person to person. Emerging data show that pCoIS is similar to Long Covid or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and manifests as a combination of the following symptoms:
-
- muscle and joint pain
- gastrointestinal upset
- weakness
- numbness and tingling in the extremities
- intense fatigue
- poor sleep
- brain fog
Unlike Long Covid, pCoIS does not appear to necessarily progress from a Covid-19 like illness but may arise spontaneously weeks after a Covid-19 injection. As pCoIS is a new condition, we don’t know the long-term significance of the symptoms.
Eight categories of pCoIS disease
The World Council for Health experts currently recognises the following eight categories of pCoIS disease:
| Categorization | Description |
|---|---|
| Cardiac Complications (pCoIS-Car) | For post-injection symptoms affecting the heart such as inflammation or myocarditis, heart attack, or heart failure |
| Neurological Complications (pCoIS-N) | For post-injection symptoms affecting the brain and nervous system such as Guillain Barre Syndrome, encephalitis, Parkinson’s Disease, memory loss, and dementia |
| Haematological Complications (pCoIS-H) | For post-injection symptoms affecting the blood cells such as blood clots, thrombocytopenia and lymphoma |
| Vascular Complications (pCoIS-V) | For post-injection symptoms affecting blood vessels such as stroke, blood vessel thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism |
| Immune System Complications (CoIS-IS) | For post injections symptoms affecting the immune system including autoimmune diseases (e.g. Diabetes Mellitus, Multiple Sclerosis and Chrohn’s Disease) and infections (e.g. Shingles, Herpes, Epstein Barr Virus) |
| Reproductive Health Complications (PCoIS-RH) | For post-injection complications affecting pregnancy and the reproductive organs such as adverse pregnancy outcomes, heavy periods, post-menopausal bleeding, and infertility |
| Cancer Complications (PCoIS-Can) | For post-injection appearance of cancers such as breast cancer, lymphoma, leukemia, and brain cancer |
| Congenital Complications (pCoIS-Con) | For post-injection congenital complications such as diseases/abnormalities present from birth (e.g. bleeding and clotting abnormalities, deformities) |