Hayley Woo, a local actress has been experiencing blackouts every few seconds since she was a teenager. When she sits up from her bed, she would also have to do it slowly or she’d be giddy.
AsiaOne interviewed her on Jan 21st, and she said that she believed other girls experienced the same thing.
Even though the blackouts occurred once or twice a month over a long period of about 13 years, Hayley believed she was healthy and ignored all the warning signs.
That is, until she got her Covid-19 booster jab Jan 17. She experienced chest tightness and difficulty breathing a few days later.
She also blackedout for approximately five minutes. She was able to be with her family, who immediately called an ambulance.
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She was given two bags saline by the doctor at the hospital. He also informed her that she has low blood pressure and malnutrition. Hayley is 45.8kg and stands at 169 cm.
She clarified that despite how it looked in a photo that she uploaded to her Instagram Story on Wednesday, she didn’t have a blood transfusion.
Both Hayley and her twin sister Jayley received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for their first two doses and opted for Moderna for their booster shot.
Jayley only had a fever for about a day and Hayley believes that Jayley’s side effects were due to her weak constitution. She said she doesn’t eat much due to a small appetite, doesn’t drink a lot of water, hardly exercises and sleeps at 3am to 4am for around six hours each night.
“I think in the long run, it puts a lot of stress on my body and I think finally my body just couldn’t take it anymore. I think it (this health incident) really is a silver lining to warn me to eat healthily and exercise, and that I cannot keep up this lifestyle,” said Hayley, who’s feeling much better already.
Despite her experience, she feels it’s important for people to take their booster jabs and also go for annual health checks.
“I shared [about my experience] because I want to tell the public to do a health check-up and not wait until something happens because then it might be too late,” she added.
“I don’t blame the booster jab at all. With Covid-19, everyone should be vaccinated to protect themselves against it. It was just that my body is weak and I never took care of my health.”
This article was published in AsiaOne for the first time.
Source: Her World