Experiencing eye twitching, breathing problem, chest tightness after flu vaccination. How long will it continue?
Patient: My son had a flu vaccination on Jan. 20th and has had multiple symptoms since then. He has had eye twitching, shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, headaches, dizziness (disoriented feeling), ringing in the ears (only once), blurry vision, and muscle soreness. This is just over 4 weeks from the time of the vaccination and after a round of z-Pack, and zyrtec, and aleave, or Tylenol for the muscle soreness and headaches, he is improving, however, he still begins feeling sort of bad around 9:30pm and the disorientation comes back. Also, the eye twitching still comes and goes. We feel he is having side effects from the flu vaccination and were also wondering if Guillain Barre Syndrome might be a factor here. If so, we don t think it is a severe case. Wondering how long his symptoms might continue and is there anything we should be doing that might help other than the ibuprofen or aleave for muscle soreness? Doctor: Hello,  As you explain the history these may be symptoms of a viral situation due to vaccination or not. However, his doctor should examine him definitely.   Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.   Regards, Dr. Jnikolla,  Pulmonologist